From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 26 08:15:27 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA17822 for current-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:15:27 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA17806 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:15:23 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.3.6) id AA18362; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:14:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:14:34 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9506261514.AA18362@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Murray Cc: Garrett Wollman , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crypt code summary(2). In-Reply-To: <199506252058.WAA08903@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199506252058.WAA08903@grumble.grondar.za> Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: >> /I/ would prefer it to be the Internet Authentication and >> Encapsulating Security payloads myself. If I ever have free time >> again I may write support myself (although I'd prefer to have somebody >> else's code). > Right - so there is a recognition that something is needed. The > discussion now goes to `what?' I personally have not heard of the code > you mention. See the output of the IP Security working group. The AH and ESP were developed to be the standard (i.e., required for inclusion in every conforming implementation) mechanism for security in IPv6, and recent work in the IP Security WG has developed a way for them to be implemented under IPv4 as well. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant