-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
the real holy grail for voice communication encryption is when this stuff starts to get integrated into the real phone system, or people start making hardware that is cheap and self contained and idiot proof. "but it's difficult to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious" <g>
This can be done with hacked telephones probably. A switch in the telphones that then takes the line over turning it into a data connection and negotiating keys etc.. with the remote side which would have a similiarly equipped telephone. It may already be done, but rather prohibitevly expensive for common use.
this is an extremely useful model: "big fish provider" gives a capability that people want, namely processing time and disk space. they think they can regulate the uses of their system, but if there is enough degrees of freedom, they cannot, and people can actually simulate the services they want on the system regardless of what the system operators wish to control or not control.
not true really, most providers shut off accounts that run SLIRP if they also offer SLip/PPP service to customers. I know MCSnet did. but SLIP/PPP was only five dollars more a month and offered much better performance. "I regret that I have but six orifices to give you" -Nesta Stubbs /-/ a s t e http://www.mcs.net/~nesta/home.html Angeli Caduti Assasin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMCueoDMPw/Yr5YDZAQEfRgQAjmBFu4Oqg4XhIh+pG2/smvP7Eg8/cHP/ bgrtErzQudyjre5Bxind0AK54fGdsJf21kZK0BESxgspA9+K5w/970UfyVFTwIaL LTQgSdqezyMx3S0HMJYoWvH5xJ3sOmHMGnq7n3hQVFoBMaVCfvUnUiUJodPr5Wd0 /TXBL5TSUSM= =6qJf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----