Perry E. Metzger writes:
attila writes:
figures. I'll give ipsec and ipsec-dev a look. However, SUN does have the power to make something happen on the high-power workstations, and the fact they are making a portable package available in source code is farther than anyone else has gone.
Unfortunately, an internetworking protocol used by only one vendor gets nowhere.
much other discussion ommitted... I hate to quibble, but past experience may demonstrate this to be inaccurate. In particular, and most relevantly: NFS (Sun) SSL (Netscape) Another internetworking protocol (IPX) gave Novell a good run. The point is that a working implementation goes a long way for people who want/need _something_ that works, NOW. Consider the relative merits/success of S-HTTP and SSL. ObCrypto: the POTP people are the Boston Internet Expo today and tomorrow, and they have their "technical guy" who is supposed to be answering questions. The nontechnical guy said they generate random numbers using randomness taken from the text of the messages being encrypted. -pl _Electronic Commerce_ (Charles River Media, available now) pete@loshin.com