Reading this thread post-vacation, I was thinking the same thing, so I've made those couple lines of changes in the ag-media cvs code (yes, that will propagate to UCL eventually, if they'll have it).
Tom On 3/30/06 9:48 AM, Ivan R. Judson wrote: > > no kidding! :-) > > --Ivan > > On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:38 AM, Colin Perkins wrote: > >> We might want to hack the code to make "AES" an accepted spelling of >> Rijndael? :-) >> Colin >> >> >> On 30 Mar 2006, at 14:26, Derek Piper wrote: >>> Heheh.. yea.. quite right. Ooops. I hate that word for how often >>> I misspell it. I really had to make sure I got it right in the source >>> code for AGVCR. For emails, obviously I'm still having problems. :) >>> >>> Derek >>> >>> Piers O'Hanlon wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Just a minor correction - just a typo - to save frustration: >>>> One needs use "Rijndael/" instead of "Rjindael/" >>>> Piers. >>>> On 3/29/06, Derek Piper <dcpi...@indiana.edu> wrote: >>>>> You may be better off using Rjindael encryption, which is >>>>> normally used >>>>> on AG Venues when setting the 'encryption' option in the venue server >>>>> config. >>>>> A Rjindael key is passed to VIC and RAT as >>>>> 'Rjindael/passphrase' where >>>>> passphrase should be something random and unguessable, and distributed >>>>> to those needing the key to enter manually. There's a program for >>>>> Debian >>>>> called 'pwgen' that I've used to generate a passphrase before. For >>>>> manually entering the key, you would probably just disable the venue >>>>> encryption and manually key it in. For a DES key, just use a >>>>> passphrase >>>>> that doesn't start with a string 'Rjindael/'. >>>>> Of course you can also use certificates to secure a venue >>>>> too, so not >>>>> just anyone can enter and obtain the encryption key. >>>>> >>>>> Derek >>>>> >>>>> Jeremy Mann wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We would like to demonstrate encryption in April to some fellow >>>>>> colleagues. I set up a test room on our venue server with encryption. >>>>>> Encryption works fine, but whoever enters the venue gets the >>>>>> encryption >>>>>> key. I would like to "lock" down the room to whoever I give the >>>>>> key to, >>>>>> not whoever enters the room. Can this be done? >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, I know I can manually enter a key into vic and rat. Is there a >>>>>> program that I can run to get DES key? Or can I simply use a >>>>>> passphrase >>>>>> instead? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 >>>>> IRI 323, School of Informatics >>>>> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> --Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 >>> IRI 323, School of Informatics >>> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana >>> >> > >
