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Re: low-overhead encrypted telnet
In message <[email protected]>, 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
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