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Article #928Re: Proposed protocol for positive ID over Internet
From: James M Galvin
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1989 23:23
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1989 23:23
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> A. The server port (m at A) has true ID of the machine (B) connecting to it. > B. The server port (m at A) has true ID of the port (n) connecting to it. Whew! Talk about assumptions. Do you realize how sweeping these assumptions are? I will posit that if you can give me an environment where these two assumptions are true, your protocol is unnecessary. I say that because any environment that supports the above two assumptions has so much "security" in place it provides authentication by default. Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ig!bionet!agate!ucbvax!TWG.COM!galvin From: galvin@TWG.COM (James M Galvin) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc Subject: Re: Proposed protocol for positive ID over Internet Message-ID: <27904.606784987@twg.com> Date: 24 Mar 89 23:23:07 GMT References: <7361@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: James M Galvin <galvin@twg.com> Organization: The Internet Lines: 12