>I certainly wouldn't rule out building or using MetaCard server
>software, even for protocols for which well-known (if buggy) open
>source software is widely available. While I don't see any big
>advantage to writing an FTP server in MetaCard, an HTTP server that
>executes CGI scripts is a diffe
Robin-David Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> in any case MC hasnt been rigorously analysed for buffer-overrun
> attacks afaik. Not only should you be cautious about using it for
> sensitive data, but also on any virtual file system with sensative
> or mission critical data, unless you are ve
--- Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
inquired about peer-to-peer security a la Metacard:
Any business peer-to-peer program will be compared to
Ray Ozzie's Groove, found at www.groove.net, because
he has a PR machine that just won't quit. Security is
fundamental to their efforts, so it might be
too complex (ie above) use PGP (or
equivalent) signed packets of data, and a public key encryption scheme.
> From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:31:54 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: TCP/IP security consider
What are the security considerations in the following scenario?:
Suppose I have two MC apps running on different machines, and they
communicate with each other showing a listing of files each machine has
designated specifically for sharing (much like Napster, GNUtella clients,
etc.).
In this sce
