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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Security Key Internet Protocol X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 34 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DtJqIA.Dop@ritz.mordor.com> References: <DtIJpD.13E@ottnews.shl.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:06:10 GMT Tom Torrance at home (tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com) wrote: : For US & Canadian residents that were not monitoring ...freebsd.announce : on the weekend, the above package has been released into the public : domain - with FreeBSD 1.2.0 binaries! : http://skip.incog.com : : You have to have your IN-ADDR.ARPA registered with the NIC to be able to : download. : : This could save some companies megabucks, I think! ATT might be less : thrilled:-) My site seems to have missed the post so I'm not sure about what type of security this program "ensures." It's been my experience that folks interested in true "security," if it even exists, on the internet opt for end to end encryption of each and every packet that leaves/enters their local net. I've recently had the opportunity to play with an affordable box produced by a company for just such a purpose. As far as I can tell, it works in tandem with a "brother" (or sister) box. When the link is established the two boxes pass some sort of encrypted key and then pass encrypted packets between the two boxes. The headers are stripped off and the contents of each packet are encrypted with a strong (strong enough that it cannot be exported...heh) algorithm...so the packets can traverse the internet. When they arrive at the destination box, they are decrypted and it's all transparent to the two remote networks. Pretty neat stuff. include <spooks.h> Cheers, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451