From owner-freebsd-ports Fri May 12 04:46:57 1995 Return-Path: ports-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id EAA27763 for ports-outgoing; Fri, 12 May 1995 04:46:57 -0700 Received: from aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw ([140.109.40.248]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA27755 for ; Fri, 12 May 1995 04:46:51 -0700 Received: (from taob@localhost) by aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw (8.6.11/8.6.9) id TAA01170; Fri, 12 May 1995 19:47:02 +0800 Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 19:47:02 +0800 From: Brian Tao Message-Id: <199505121147.TAA01170@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Nautilus 0.9.0 Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.privacy,alt.privacy.clipper,comp.security.misc,talk.politics.crypto,comp.speech In-Reply-To: Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Sender: ports-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anyone from the U.S. want to try porting this to FreeBSD? In article billd@lila.com writes: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Announcing Nautilus 0.9.0 (Beta Test) >===================================== > >WHAT IS NAUTILUS? >- ----------------- > >Nautilus is a program that lets you have encrypted voice telephone >conversations with your friends without needing any special equipment. >All you need is a standard personal computer (386/25 or faster PC with >Soundblaster compatible sound board, or Sun Sparcstation) and a high >speed modem. Its speech quality is reasonably good at 14.4kbps and >acceptable at 9600 bps. It currently won't work at any slower >modem speeds. > >Nautilus is the first program of this type that we know of to be >distributed for free with source code. A few similar commercial >programs have been distributed without source, so that their security >cannot be independently examined. > >HOW DOES IT WORK? >- ----------------- > >Nautilus uses your computer's audio hardware to digitize and play back >your speech using a homebrew speech compression routine included with >the program. It encrypts the compressed speech using your choice of >the Blowfish, Triple DES, or IDEA block ciphers, and transmits the >encrypted packets over your modem to your friend's computer. At the >other end, the process is reversed. The program is half-duplex; just >hit a key to switch between talking and listening. > >Nautilus's encryption key is generated from a shared secret passphrase >that you and your friend choose together ahead of time, perhaps via >email using PGP, RIPEM, or a similar program. Nautilus itself does not >currently incorporate any form of public key cryptography. > >Further details are in the release notes included with the program. > >FTP SITES >- --------- > >Nautilus is available in three different formats: > >nautilus-0.9.0.tar.gz - full source code >naut090.zip - MSDOS executable and associated documentation >naut090s.zip - full source code > >It is available at the following FTP sites: > >ftp://ripem.msu.edu/pub/crypt/other/ >This is an export controlled ftp site: read /pub/crypt/GETTING_ACCESS >for information on access. > >ftp://ftp.csn.org:/mpj/I_will_not_export/crypto_???????/ >This is an export controlled ftp site: read /mpj/README for >information on access. > >ftp://miyako.dorm.duke.edu/mpj/crypto/voice/ >This is an export controlled ftp site: read /mpj/GETTING_ACCESS for >information on access. > >INTERNATIONAL USE >- ----------------- > >Sorry, but under current US law, Nautilus is legal for domestic use in >the US only. We don't like this law but have to abide by it while it >is in effect. Nautilus is distributed through export-restricted FTP >sites for this reason. Please do not export it. > >IMPORTANT >- --------- > >This is a BETA TEST VERSION of a BRAND NEW CRYPTOGRAPHY PROGRAM. >Although we've done our best to choose secure ciphers and protocols for >Nautilus, its design details have not yet been reviewed by anyone >except the authors, and it's VERY EASY to make mistakes in such >programs that mess up the security. We advise against putting too much >faith in the security of the program until it has undergone a lot more >reviewing and debugging. We encourage cryptographers and users alike >to examine and test the program thoroughly, and *please* let us know if >you find anything wrong. We hope to release an updated version within >about one month fixing any serious bugs found in the current version, >though probably not having many new features. Finally, although we'll >try to fix any bugs reported to us, WE CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY >ERRORS. > >CONTACTING THE DEVELOPERS >- ------------------------- > >Nautilus was written by Bill Dorsey, Pat Mullarky, and Paul Rubin. >To contact the developers, please send email to nautilus@lila.com. > >This announcement, and the source and executable distribution files, >are all signed with the following PGP public key. Please use it to >check the authenticity of the files and of any fixes we may post. You >can also use it to send us encrypted email if you want. We will try >to keep such email confidential, but cannot guarantee it. > >- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >Version: 2.6 > >mQCNAi+tZx4AAAEEALUDK2d68thTyVmD5bXeBEELLFtAgNU6O+M+anooPjXr9sBD >7HsHt4VYtDNY3ecefQAFTzTrBwn9V7Ya2EwVttT2cTEiOj9O6mii+QvOXplxsyWo >SHsuLIjUzHqY9KvlDDMrBuVhs1qWdbXXax4uKB83kZUlABCVAinl/J//FNOFAAUT >tCdOYXV0aWx1cyBEZXZlbG9wZXJzIDxuYXV0aWx1c0BsaWxhLmNvbT6JAJUCBRAv >rWeHg1x2TS1X7GUBAYw4BACNBO/efXHqyMfFw8fzfwuUhHqGf4+VRbLWTvL6/JfH >9Vb8G7dhPQQvm6Q6KVnO6LyNskjb1d5noA03vIObC7hwTbr9sznohSd2OyRsTHiE >Zdqnx0uv+ypsK+ZTOs4uRoKLd2C4sMqdylKaoF2D7Ob7rCwaGucQBuom8L0C0O7n >eokAlQIFEC+tZ04p5fyf/xTThQEBe9EEAJS5fQWa7ev5Ke8Rpzx7zKqkbu7MyJS3 >KSKIpsxyYqmx8k/9GmzNP4xxXUCjfro1zPp84WS3oeft0Qg9fOee09PFsjQ3yxI6 >bH06tPO/mKmNrTGcLQmncrqyf4iOscBoIPYjXSSAG/ULz7Hwa2+vmjUkWk1K93BL >port+RWomAoq >=M+h4 >- -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6 > >iQCVAgUBL7EA+inl/J//FNOFAQGexQP/RDIanlbvluQwPb+JTIzwmy0nIyh4vNxQ >BcGoK/pKLGKHMsOYJF7DEBq39mEJ3Fn/AP6PPlW6yjKOn2Ngxl4WfhIbRdpXyjlr >zbDlm/yZ7zY713RpM2BiPjUoZ7IZWRxhH+WfgvjqTahmSLuBYxnOLWLaQPko9p6N >R6c5FKhDT7c= >=l/tv >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >-- >Bill Dorsey "Nothing that results from human progress is achieved >dorsey@lila.com with unamimous consent. And those who are enlightened >PGP 2.X pubkey before the others are condemned to pursue that light >available in spite of the others." -- Christopher Columbus >-- >Bill Dorsey "Nothing that results from human progress is achieved >dorsey@lila.com with unamimous consent. And those who are enlightened >PGP 2.X pubkey before the others are condemned to pursue that light >available in spite of the others." -- Christopher Columbus -- Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org