Re: [AG-TECH] vic and rat encryption

["Thomas D. Uram" <turam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reading this thread post-vacation, I was thinking the same thing, so I've
made those couple lines of changes in the ag-media cvs code (yes, that
will propagate to UCL eventually, if they'll have it).

Tom


On 3/30/06 9:48 AM, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
> no kidding! :-)
>
> --Ivan
>
> On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:38 AM, Colin Perkins wrote:
>
> > We might want to hack the code to make "AES" an accepted spelling of 
> > Rijndael? :-)
> > Colin
> >
> >
> > On 30 Mar 2006, at 14:26, Derek Piper wrote:
> > >     Heheh.. yea.. quite right. Ooops. I hate that word for how often 
> > > I misspell it. I really had to make sure I got it right in the source 
> > > code for AGVCR. For emails, obviously I'm still having problems. :)
> > >
> > >     Derek
> > >
> > > Piers O'Hanlon wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Just a minor correction - just a typo - to save frustration:
> > > > One needs use  "Rijndael/" instead of "Rjindael/"
> > > > Piers.
> > > > On 3/29/06, Derek Piper <dcpiper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >        You may be better off using Rjindael encryption, which is 
> > > > > normally used
> > > > > on AG Venues when setting the 'encryption' option in the venue server
> > > > > config.
> > > > >        A Rjindael key is passed to VIC and RAT as 
> > > > > 'Rjindael/passphrase' where
> > > > > passphrase should be something random and unguessable, and distributed
> > > > > to those needing the key to enter manually. There's a program for 
> > > > > Debian
> > > > > called 'pwgen' that I've used to generate a passphrase before. For
> > > > > manually entering the key, you would probably just disable the venue
> > > > > encryption and manually key it in. For a DES key, just use a 
> > > > > passphrase
> > > > > that doesn't start with a string 'Rjindael/'.
> > > > >        Of course you can also use certificates to secure a venue 
> > > > > too, so not
> > > > > just anyone can enter and obtain the encryption key.
> > > > >
> > > > >        Derek
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeremy Mann wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > We would like to demonstrate encryption in April to some fellow
> > > > > > colleagues. I set up a test room on our venue server with encryption.
> > > > > > Encryption works fine, but whoever enters the venue gets the 
> > > > > > encryption
> > > > > > key. I would like to "lock" down the room to whoever I give the 
> > > > > > key to,
> > > > > > not whoever enters the room. Can this be done?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, I know I can manually enter a key into vic and rat. Is there a
> > > > > > program that I can run to get DES key? Or can I simply use a 
> > > > > > passphrase
> > > > > > instead?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Derek Piper - dcpiper@xxxxxxxxxxx - (812) 856 0111
> > > > > IRI 323, School of Informatics
> > > > > Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
> > >
> > > --Derek Piper - dcpiper@xxxxxxxxxxx - (812) 856 0111
> > > IRI 323, School of Informatics
> > > Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana