In message <9403021619.AA10508@ah.com>, Eric Hughes writes:
The reason that encrypted telnet is a good thing is that modification at the network level requires kernel modification, and encrypting a telnet does not. Installing an encrypted telnet daemon does require sysadmin cooperation, but it doesn't mean recompiling the kernel.
As such, encrypted telnet is a good intermediate while the long term solution of encrypted IP gets developed and deployed.
Has anyone (other than me that is :) thought of changing just the library routines for setsockopt/getsockopt/send/recv ? It wouldnt be too hard (me thinks) to do it, but i dont know where to find the sockets library. -Aggelos ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggelos Keromitis kermit@csd.uch.gr Heraclion, Greece kermit@ics.forth.gr Finger kermit@calliope.ics.forth.gr for public PGP key -----------------------------------------------------------------------------