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Date:      Mon, 3 Jun 1996 16:54:19 +0200 (SAT)
From:      jvisagie@insight.co.za (Johann Visagie)
To:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MD5 Crack code
Message-ID:  <m0uQb1P-000vBzC@asterix.insight.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <199606031435.QAA06701@sea.campus.luth.se> from "Mikael Karpberg" at Jun 3, 96 04:35:08 pm

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Mikael Karpberg wrote:
> 
> > Anybody know of work going on in this direction? In particular,
> > cross-platform SKey aware clients?
> 
> Why not simply something like SSL which is being developed and used a lot
> just because the WWW is growing with enormous speed? If you have a secure
> link, there is no need for a lot of hassle. You can send anything over the
> socket and it'll be safe. Umm.. No?

Alternatively, a lot of work is currently being done on and around ssh.
Mostly commercial, though.  :-(((  The author of ssh wrote to my boss:

Tatu Ylonen wrote:
> 
> There will soon be a commercially available library that is intended
> exactly for this kind of use.  It basically forms an ssh-encrypted
> pipe between two applications.  It will be available at least for
> unix, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95, possibly also
> Macintosh.

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: jvisagie@insight.co.za | Tel: +27 83 777-4260



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