Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 22:58:21 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crypt code summary(2). Message-ID: <199506252058.WAA08903@grumble.grondar.za>
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> <<On Sun, 25 Jun 1995 22:03:21 +0200, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> said: > > > You guys want to hear something frightening? Eric Young (the `eay' in > > SSLeay) has a friend who will make SATAN look stupid. He has, and is > > going to release code that will snoop passwords out of new telnet and > > FTP sessions. > > Lots of people have such programs. There are probably several dozen > running on various insecure machines throughout MITnet right now. The > usual answer is Kerberized rlogin/telnet or S/Key; in our group we use > both (and I've been tasked to find or create a working S/Key > implementation for our Alphas under four different versions of OSF/1). Ok - these have not been released on comp.sources.misc. This piece of code I mentioned will be. Once every cracker in the world has it who knows what else will happen? > > The purpose is to force the use of this (or any > > equivalent technology). _They_ would prefer this to be SSLeay. > > /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. Is it available overseas? Is it well publicised and documented? Is it well used? (These aren't meant to be jabs - I am genuinely just digging for info here) With this code we have it right now, and I have the time and inclination to port it. > It seems like a fine application of the `ports' facility. That certainly is a possibility. It is not _my_ #1 choice, though. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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