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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 3 Jul 2008 17:08:29
Message: <486d3fcd@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> That the people writing the *paper* didn't write it in a convincing way 
> doesn't really say much about the *code*.

True. But given that it seems to be a one man project... Well I'm sure 
it *works*, but that's not the same as being secure. [Not that any sane 
person is going to bother trying to hack my systems unless it's 
sufficiently easy.]

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 3 Jul 2008 17:29:35
Message: <486d44bf$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> True. But given that it seems to be a one man project... 

I see. I hadn't followed it up.  No, if the author of the code is the 
author of the paper, I'd definitely go with IPSEC. :-)

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 04:08:07
Message: <486dda67$1@news.povray.org>
>> True. But given that it seems to be a one man project... 
> 
> I see. I hadn't followed it up.  No, if the author of the code is the 
> author of the paper, I'd definitely go with IPSEC. :-)

It appears the report was written by somebody other than the author. But 
then, comments like "OpenVPN seems to be using SSL" make me suspicious. 
As does the fact that SSL and TLS both run over TCP, yet OpenVPN seems 
to be using UPD. That looks like a big enough deviation from the 
standard that I'm left wondering how many design decisions have been 
made with potential security implications.

It's not like OpenVPN just calls the OpenSSH crypto library to do its 
bidding; it looks like a complete new implementation.

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 05:22:11
Message: <486debc3$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:08:07 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> It appears the report was written by somebody other than the author.

That sentence made me laugh.  Of course, it's 3 AM here (almost 3:30), so 
I'm a little sleepy, but can I just say THANK YOU?  I *really* needed a 
laugh.

Tough night, and this really helped.

Thank you.

Jim


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 05:24:59
Message: <486dec6b@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:

> That sentence made me laugh.  Of course, it's 3 AM here (almost 3:30), so 
> I'm a little sleepy, but can I just say THANK YOU?  I *really* needed a 
> laugh.
> 
> Tough night, and this really helped.
> 
> Thank you.

No problem. There's no charge for this service. Please contact Phil Cook 
in my absence. ;-)

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 06:11:36
Message: <486df758$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:24:57 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> That sentence made me laugh.  Of course, it's 3 AM here (almost 3:30),
>> so I'm a little sleepy, but can I just say THANK YOU?  I *really*
>> needed a laugh.
>> 
>> Tough night, and this really helped.
>> 
>> Thank you.
> 
> No problem. There's no charge for this service. Please contact Phil Cook
> in my absence. ;-)

And another laugh.  I might actually get some sleep yet tonight. :-)

Jim


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 06:27:28
Message: <486dfb10$1@news.povray.org>
>> No problem. There's no charge for this service. Please contact Phil Cook
>> in my absence. ;-)
> 
> And another laugh.  I might actually get some sleep yet tonight. :-)

Yeah - dude, what the hell?? WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?! x_x

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 07:01:07
Message: <486e02f3$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:27:26 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> No problem. There's no charge for this service. Please contact Phil
>>> Cook in my absence. ;-)
>> 
>> And another laugh.  I might actually get some sleep yet tonight. :-)
> 
> Yeah - dude, what the hell?? WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?! x_x

Right now because I'm talking to you.  5 AM now.

Today's the 4th of July here, so I don't have to work today.

Jim


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 07:06:46
Message: <486e0446$1@news.povray.org>
>> Yeah - dude, what the hell?? WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?! x_x
> 
> Right now because I'm talking to you.  5 AM now.
> 
> Today's the 4th of July here, so I don't have to work today.

Ooo, Independence Day. This can mean only one thing...

...it's Jamie's birthday tomorrow! :-D

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Fun with cryptography
Date: 4 Jul 2008 07:47:31
Message: <486e0dd3$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:06:46 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Yeah - dude, what the hell?? WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?! x_x
>> 
>> Right now because I'm talking to you.  5 AM now.
>> 
>> Today's the 4th of July here, so I don't have to work today.
> 
> Ooo, Independence Day. This can mean only one thing...
> 
> ...it's Jamie's birthday tomorrow! :-D

Which Jamie?

Jim


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