Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 23:33:51 -0800 From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPSEC goes to RFC Message-ID: <199508110628.XAA15353@netcom6.netcom.com>
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>From: perry@panix.com ("Perry E. Metzger")
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>Subject: Re: IPSEC goes to RFC
>Date: 10 Aug 1995 10:53:31 -0400
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>Adam Shostack writes:
>> | IPSEC is now a Proposed Standard.
>>
>> | Again, *we need your help*. Cypherpunks write code. Help us make the
>> | internet safe for personal privacy by contributing to this effort.
>>
>> How about posting a list of 'things that need doing?' I
>> assume one is floating around, possibly even with time estimates?
>
>The IETF was challenged by Steve Crocker to be ready for use of IPSEC
>for the Dallas meeting in December so that no IETFer who wanted to
>communicate securely with his home site need be insecure.
>
>To accomplish that, we need to produce versions of the security stack
>for many architectures. Right now, we have AIX and 4.4BSD fairly
>solidly covered. Less well covered is HPUX. People familiar with code
>like the Trumpet Winsock stack, Linux, or who have access to the
>innards of SunOS, Solaris, Windows 95, Mac stacks, and others, and can
>legitimately release implementations for those platforms, are probably
>needed. We need serious commitments from people but of course everyone
>is trying to help everyone else along.
>
>Basically, if you know how to hack kernels and networking code and you
>have a platform you can work on, we need you.
>
>We also lack work on the key management end of things -- people who
>can start playing around with implementing Photuris, even on a "toy"
>basis, would probably be of help.
>
>Perry
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