From owner-freebsd-security Sun Apr 25 7:55:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from zogbe.tasam.com (zogbe.tasam.com [198.232.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C431527B for ; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd.list@bug.tasam.com) Received: from bug (bug.tasam.com [206.161.113.114]) by zogbe.tasam.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA10073; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:55:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd.list@bug.tasam.com) Message-ID: <002301be8f2b$a88644d0$7271a1ce@tasam.com> From: "Joe Gleason" To: "Andrew Kenneth Milton" Cc: , References: <199904251432.AAA60561@zeus.theinternet.com.au> Subject: Re: VPN Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:55:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So I take that to mean layer 6, where it should be. Sounds cool, I will probably spend a good part of the day playing with it. Joe Gleason Tasam > +----[ Joe Gleason ]--------------------------------------------- > | What OSI layer does skip work on? > > This from the pkg/DESCR file for the skip port. > > This is from http://skip.incog.com: > > SKIP - Simple Key management for Internet Protocols > > IP-Level Cryptography > Secure every application with one protocol > > SKIP secures the network at the IP packet level. Any networked > application gains the benefits of encryption, without requiring > modification. SKIP is unique in that an Internet host can send an > encrypted packet to another host without requiring a prior message > exchange to set up a secure channel. SKIP is particularly well-suited > to IP networks, as both are stateless protocols. > > -- > Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew > The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton > ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig > PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message