Cédric Krier schrieb:
> On 24/01/10 14:41 +0100, Udo Spallek wrote:
>> Hi Hartmut,
>>
>> Am Dienstag, den 19.01.2010, 22:38 +0100 schrieb Hartmut Goebel:
>>> since we did not agree on the aims and implementation for Secure
>>> Communication, I'll start an new effort on getting the agreement.
>>> The sole aim of Secure Communication is:
>>> * prevent eavesdropping <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eavesdropping>
>>> To prevent eavesdropping, two things have to be ensured:
>>> 1) Ensure nobody else is able to "listen"
>>> 2) Ensure we are talking to the *right* person/server
>>>    Otherwise we could talk to the eavesdropper without knowing it. So
>>>    there would be nobody else listening, but we where simply talking to
>>>    the wrong person/server.
>>> Do we all agree on this?
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> For me, it only needs a know_hosts like OpenSSH.

Can you please answer my question about agreement first. Discussing
implementation details is another step.

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