Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Joe Touch
Ian Grigg wrote: .. I wouldn't think that the encryption need be opportunistic; in the BGP backbone world, as you noted, peers are known a-priori, and should have certs that could be signed by well-known, trusted CAs. Let's see if I can make these assumptions clearer, because I still perceive

Re: public-key: the wrong model for email?

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:28 PM 9/16/04 +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote: Because PKC works for this AliceBob communication scheme. If you connect to a web server, then what you want to know, or what authentication means is: Are you really www.somedomain.com? That's the AliceBob model. SSL is good for that. What makes

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Joe Touch
Ian Grigg wrote: Bill Stewart wrote: Also, the author's document discusses protecting BGP to prevent some of the recent denial-of-service attacks, and asks for confirmation about the assertion in a message on the IPSEC mailing list suggesting E.g., it is not feasible for BGP routers to be

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Ian Grigg
Joe Touch wrote: Ian Grigg wrote: On the backbone, between BGP peers, one would have thought that there are relatively few attackers, as the staff are highly trusted and the wires are hard to access - hence no active attacks going on and only some passive eavesdropping attacks. Also, anyone

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. You don't have to sign the certs. Use self-signed ones, then publish a GPG signature of your certificate in a known

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-17 Thread Tyler Durden
Ken Brown wrote... Prostitution industry? Well, Industry from what I understand is probably too strong a term. These seem to be individual females. And no, they ain't wearin' high heels and hot pants, so what we're talking about is very, very discrete, and sometimes for goods and services as

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Joe Touch
Bill Stewart wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/2004, Joe Touch wrote: Ian Grigg wrote: On the backbone, between BGP peers, one would have thought that there are relatively few attackers, as the staff are highly trusted and the wires are hard to access - hence no active attacks going on and only some

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one.

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Justin
On 2004-09-16T20:11:56-0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:17 PM 9/16/04 -0700, Joe Touch wrote: Except that certs need to be signed by authorities that are trusted. Name one. Oh, come on. Nothing can be absolutely trusted. How much security is enough? Aren't the DOD CAs trusted

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-17 Thread Bill Stewart
At 02:17 PM 9/16/2004, Joe Touch wrote: Ian Grigg wrote: On the backbone, between BGP peers, one would have thought that there are relatively few attackers, as the staff are highly trusted and the wires are hard to access - hence no active attacks going on and only some passive eavesdropping

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-17 Thread ken
Tyler Durden wrote: Who, the Iranians? Which ones are fanatics? I'll grant there are some fanatics left in Iran, but Iran seems increasingly dominated by fairly sleezy clergy/judges. Like any government, theirs is deteriorating into a mere racket. And if you ask me, fanaticism never lasts very

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-17 Thread Tyler Durden
Ken Brown wrote... Apparently the best thing about is the lack of American tourists - just like Cuba ;-) What! I'm deeply offended by that remark...I demand you with Aw fuckit. It's true. In fact, when I'm in a restaurant outside the US, I have witnessed that the food quality is inversely

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-17 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden wrung hi hands and exclaimed: Hey Hey Hey! I'm not the original quoter there...watch it! -TD To which [EMAIL PROTECTED] took not and made a closer examination of his previous posting, thus: From: J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tyler Durden [EMAIL

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-17 Thread Tyler Durden
Hey Hey Hey! I'm not the original quoter there...watch it! -TD From: J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:48:01 -0500 (CDT) On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden