Hi Jason,
encryption can be achive with just core but it is better not discuss it on the list (per RT request) [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jason Cunliffe wrote: > > You could always implement encryption yourself and > > send the files between REBOL client program to > > REBOL server using a custom protocol. There are any > > number of free sources describing cryptographic > > algorithms on the web; the main problem with > > implementing them in REBOL may be performance, > > since REBOL isn't entirely a speed demon for > > math, as I understand it. > > Thanks. Yes I tend to believe the easiest adn often most effective security > is simply small customized tools designed to play together on both client > and server. For that one can use almost anything, images, flash, rebol .. 6 > different sister emails designed to be re-assembled etc. > > Am I right in understanding that the cryptographic needs are only for > generating codes? They do not need to run all the time? If so, REBOL's math > crunching speed is not really an obstacle. > > Today I upgraded my version of F-Secures SSH-Telnet Client. They ahave a > really cool installation tool. It opens a window and then tells you to move > the mouse around. As you do so, a fuel guauge graphic fills pregresses. The > softwar uses the manually genrated, random, hard-to-reproduce mouse xy > coordinates as seed data for the SSH code. This takes only about 7 seconds > to complete. Seems like a very neat way to create secure pascodes on the > fly. I hope to try a native REBOL version. > > Other approaches I have been wondering about: using small photos with > embedded data in them. The advantage there is an ancient humanly readable > verification combined with encrypted invisble data. A hybrid woudl be to > generate small artworks using the mouse tracking.. in effect genreate art to > craeet imagery which also embdeds encrypted data within. These could then be > used as iconographic security tokens. > > ./Jason > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
