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Date:      Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:28:56 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Takeshi Morishima <morishim@cig.mot.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   any recommendation for a port using encrypt
Message-ID:  <199907211628.LAA08209@timbre.cig.mot.com>

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Hello there,

I am trying to create a port package for xisp. xisp is a graphical
frontend to pppd and chat programs. It uses des encrypt() to store
login and password info for dialup login in a startup file as an
additional security enhancement.

I have several options to deal with.

 o remove encryption part for this port and store raw login and
   password in the start up file. (the startup file mode is usually
   set to 0400) RESTRICTED=no

 o create unsafe scrambler for this port so that login and password
   are not easily remembered even though someone looks at the file
   over the user's shoulder. RESTRICTED=no

 o dynamic link to a crypto library assuming the user has DES package
   installed. (how to make dependency to DES package in the port
   system?) RESTRICTED=no

 o static link to a crypto library assuming the port build machine
   has DES package installed. (How to make dependency to DES package?)
   The final package tarball would be independent of DES package if
   distributed outside of US. RESTRICTED=yes

Any recommendations/suggestions?

BTW, the distribution tarball even includes UFC-crypt source for
SunOS. I assume this implicates the distribution cannot be placed
on cdrom/the freebsd.org ftp servers.

Thanks in advance,
Takeshi


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