The killer app for encryption

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Thu Dec 18 15:47:44 PST 2003


At 08:16 PM 12/18/03 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:

>What exactly do you mean by "peered IP telephony"?
>
>Voice telephony requires delays measured in tens of milliseconds.  A
bit
>difficult if you also want encryption, anonymity, etc.

The problem handling the delay comes with the network, not the
encryption.  The encryption can be symmetric, and must be used
in a mode that tolerates drops, but its not a big cost when sending
8kbytes/sec.





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