Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:12:31 -0800 (PST) From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker dinner report... Message-ID: <199611040512.FAA06029@kongur> In-Reply-To: <Pine.FBS.3.95.961103122914.17983B-100000@localhost> from "jack" at Nov 3, 96 12:44:51 pm
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> > > > But has anyone thought of the security implications of either SFTP or the > > > > DTP? Could someone put mushrooms in my spaghetti in route??? Yuck! :-) > > > > > > Not to worry, you'll have the option of either DES or PGP encryption. > > > > So does this mean the food would have to be made outside of the US, > > then sent to the US, and then SFTP'd to all those German hackers? > > No. Controlled foods originating in and destined for North America would > use DES all others would use international PGP. That allows for DoD > controls over the foods that it has classified as munitions. I'd just like to think nobody outside the US would even want to receive an MRE. Yea, that's how we will combat the international cracker problem -- flood their FROUTD servers with MRE's. Na.. those non-USA hackers are probably too smart for that. :-) [that's "Meals Ready to Eat" -- the pre-packaged, shrunk dried food that US military ground troops "get" to get] > > (Not to neglect the Australian who started this, I think) > > As I understand it all, border routers are being programmed to block > any packets containing vegamite. Yea, vegemite packets... that's how AUSCERT is going to combat their intruder problems... they've figure out how to tunnel them via other services. -- David (dawning flame protective suit... and who got my first taste last week of vegemit from my Australian suite mate.... different :-) )
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