Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:44:51 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker dinner report... Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.95.961103122914.17983B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961103015928.26252B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > But has anyone thought of the security implications of either SFTP or the > > > DTP? Could someone put mushrooms in my spaghetti in route??? Yuck! :-) > > > > Not to worry, you'll have the option of either DES or PGP encryption. > > So does this mean the food would have to be made outside of the US, > then sent to the US, and then SFTP'd to all those German hackers? No. Controlled foods originating in and destined for North America would use DES all others would use international PGP. That allows for DoD controls over the foods that it has classified as munitions. Just think of the danger to national security if a Swiss hacker were to get some cheese, or an order of borst were to end up in Russia. > Do they have pizza in Germany? ;) I wouldn't know. > (Not to neglect the Australian who started this, I think) As I understand it all, border routers are being programmed to block any packets containing vegamite. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@onyx.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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