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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: TCP Encryption
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 16:30:52 -0700
Organization: Me
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
] I think that's adding protection at the wrong level. Consider:
] It's not the transport that needs to be secured, it's certain
] services that run on top (and only certain ones - I wouldn't
] want my USENET news encrypted, for example, as that'd just be
] a waste of CPU time on both ends).
Encryption at this level leaves links subject to traffic
analysis-based attacks. For what it's worth.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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