Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:38:08 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: security@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: key exchange for rlogin/telnet services? Message-ID: <9502271938.AA15897@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199502261913.LAA29658@freefall.cdrom.com> References: <199502261913.LAA29658@freefall.cdrom.com>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
<<On Sun, 26 Feb 1995 11:13:06 -0800, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> said: > I'll try: "Diffie-Hellman key exchange." Apparently you start out with > a key pair on each end and then each raise eacy to the power of the other's > public half and used the information derived to secure the link. > Do any of you security weenies out there know what I'm talking about? > Am I making any sense? Should I be locked up by the NSA for even suggesting > this? Well, you wouldn't get locked up by NSA, but you might get your @$$ sued off by Public Key Partners. I'm not sure who owns the Diffie-Hellman patent (which expires in a few years), but the rights are controlled by PKP, which jealously guards its patent portfolio. -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 Vollanthelp
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9502271938.AA15897>