Mandatory numeric examples in crypto-RFCs?

2006-07-26 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, I am currently debugging some ISAKMP problems and thus using RFCs like 2085, 2412, etc. about cryptographic algorithms and data formats. Such RFCs are sometimes a little bit ambiguous or difficult to read since details are spread around the paper. When implementing such algorithms or data

Re: The rights of email senders and IETF rough consensus

2005-12-23 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:21:15PM -0600, wayne wrote: Hallam-Baker, In this context whining on about the wishes of the Hallam-Baker, sender is pointless. The entire point is that the Hallam-Baker, sender has no rights in this matter. ... This has to be about rights

How security could benefit from high volume spam

2005-12-14 Thread Hadmut Danisch
against spam, we should take this into consideration. Maybe in near future the advantages of that noise produced by millions of bots will outweigh the disadvantages? Comments are welcome. Hadmut Danisch ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1

Re: How security could benefit from high volume spam

2005-12-14 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:46:42PM +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote: The best way to hide a signal is noise, is that's your idea ? Makes sense from my POV. Not necessarily the _best_ way, but one that works under many circumstances. Some questions are: How do we deal with the total

Re: Cautionary tale: Paris pickpockets

2005-08-10 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 12:55:42PM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote: when my wallet was lifted, 2 months ago in the Paris metro, it was in my front left pocket. much more difficult is simply not correct. I am not that experienced in that kind of security business. Book reference: Bambi

Re: Cautionary tale: Paris pickpockets

2005-08-08 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Two years ago during the IETF in San Francisco I was walking close to the venue, waiting at a traffic light, when I realized that I something gently touched my back, and at the same time the back pocket where I had my wallet in. I immediately turned around and tried to look as angry as

Multicast / DVMRP not used anymore?

2005-02-06 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, I was just surprised by the fact that the mrouted package was removed from Debian Linux, because mbone / DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) would not be used in Internet anymore. I guess I've missed anything. Has multicast IP been abandoned or obsoleted? Can anyone give

Re: A new technique to anti spam

2004-10-24 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 07:18:57PM +0800, test wrote: The advantages of the new technique: 1.As a receiver,you first judges the useful of the email by simple information(email-pointer:subject,from,to and etc).if is,you can refuse it to forbid download the body of the email(reducing the Internet

NSA Crypto Museum?

2004-10-13 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, will anyone be visiting the NSA crypto museum? regards Hadmut ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-05 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 04:06:18AM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: When Meng Weng Wong was thinking about how to evangelize SPF, his first instinct was to bypass IETF and go straight to the open-source MTA developers -- I had to lobby hard to persuade him to go through the RFC process, and now

Re: Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-05 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 01:20:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did M$ scan IETF for patent ideas? When was this first written, if you have doc with date, you can challenge/share the patent. Thanks for the hint. M$ was scanning the ASRG-RMX mailing list in fall 2003, because they

Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-20 Thread Hadmut Danisch
See: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/9710963.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp1c regards Hadmut ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: IETF 62 (was: Re: first steps)

2004-09-17 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 09:23:40AM +0100, Tim Chown wrote: With the impending visa/biometrics/etc mess for the US, having more of the IETFs elsewhere would reduce the travel burden. Maybe Canada? I'd really appreciate that. AFAIK the US require taking fingerprints even from europeans

Re: How IETF treats contributors

2004-08-31 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Dean, On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:43:57PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: That said, it is a reprehensible shame that you are not being given credit for your work in SPF and RMX. Thanks for that. We demonstrated that RMX did not solve the problem it set out to solve. I do not remember that

Re: How IETF treats contributors

2004-08-31 Thread Hadmut Danisch
way of intentional misinformation. - It is ironic or something that few people who are openly concerned about credit for their work have enviable reputations. They tend to be inventors of such as IPv8. ??? Does anyone have a clue what this is about? Hadmut Danisch

Re: How IETF treats contributors

2004-08-31 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 09:51:54AM -0700, Ted Hardie wrote: It was cited as an input draft to the MARID working group, and it was recommended for publication as an Experimental RFC with the other input drafts that came out of the ASRG process. Thanks for that information. I didn't know that.

Re: YATS? Re: T-shirts, and some suggestions for future ietf meetings

2004-08-11 Thread Hadmut Danisch
I, btw, just checked in at the Usenix Security Symposium and received a very nice, durable, and usable, but still not too expensive bag with a Usenix logo printed on. That's much better than any T-Shirt. regards Hadmut ___ Ietf mailing list

Re: T-shirts, and some suggestions for future ietf meetings

2004-08-05 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:00:09AM -0400, Tony Hansen wrote: I know, this isn't the most important issue in the world. But, I want to say that I miss the IETF meeting T-shirts. As confirmed by Harald at tonight's plenary, the T-shirts are normally paid for by the sponsor. And since we don't

Re: Jabber at ietf60

2004-08-03 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:37:55PM +0100, Tim Chown wrote: Sure, e.g. On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 09:32:30AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are folks using it? Does this server allow to register an account? Or which server should I use to do so? regards Hadmut

Defining Internet services/service levels?

2004-06-24 Thread Hadmut Danisch
OK, there was some discussion about different levels of Internet services and categories. So should the IETF publish a definition? regards Hadmut ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: What exactly is an internet (service) provider?

2004-06-20 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 09:52:51AM -0700, Ole Jacobsen wrote: Much as I understand the moral outrage that NATs cause in some people's mind, NATs are still a reality AND they (usually anyway) provide connectivity to the Internet. Have you tried using a hotelroom Ethernet port or a WiFi network

Re: What exactly is an internet (service) provider?

2004-06-20 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 02:23:51PM -0700, Ole Jacobsen wrote: We can certainly have an argument about what is a reasonable price, but if I can do *exactly* the same things (read/send e-mail, browse the web, transfer files, make connections to remote hosts via SSH, listen to BBC Radio 4,

60th IETF - public transports?

2004-06-19 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, does anyone know how one can get from San Diego downtown to the conference hotel without renting a car? Are there public transports? Rent a bicycle? regards Hadmut ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MBONE access?

2004-03-03 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, I'd like to watch the MARID BOF on mbone, but unfortunately my IP provider does not support multicast. Can anyone give me a hint about where to get an mbone tunneling access point? regards Hadmut

Re: MBONE access?

2004-03-03 Thread Hadmut Danisch
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 04:18:42PM -0500, Joe Abley wrote: If you find an answer, telling this list would be good. In the past the answer has been you don't, often coupled with enthusiastic statements about the mbone being in full production, and tunnels no longer being necessary.

No MBONE access

2004-03-03 Thread Hadmut Danisch
Hi, just a summary of my last night's (german time) experiences: - mbone is not available at most (german) provider's - there are no tunnel providers anymore - even those who had mbone access couldn't receive the IETF stream - The oregon multicast crew took several hours to answer to a