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Modem encryption proposal



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Let's talk less and do more. :)

How about adding encryption to kermit and iScreen so that they may
talk to each other in a secure manner?  I am proposing these two
programs because they are widely portable.  kermit works on most
Unix and MSDOS systems.  iScreen works on most Unix systems.

(Note that this would solve the network/modem eavesdropping problem,
but not the untrusted remote system problem.  The latter has no
solution in my opinion.  You just have to trust the sysadmin.)

I propose writing a link encryption library which could be usable
in other comm and BBS programs.

Any takers?

BTW, watch for an encrypted Unix talk program coming to a ftp site
near you.
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        Miron Cuperman <[email protected]> | NeXTmail/Mime ok
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        AMIX: MCuperman                            | PSM 18Mar93 0/0
Laissez faire, laissez passer. Le monde va de lui meme.

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