[AG-TECH] vic and rat encryption

[Derek Piper]

	Heh, that's cool. I added it to AGVCR the other day when Colin 
mentioned it.. Great if it's going to be in the media cvs too :)

	Derek

Thomas D. Uram wrote:
> 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 at indiana.edu> 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 at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
>>>>>> IRI 323, School of Informatics
>>>>>> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
>>>> IRI 323, School of Informatics
>>>> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 

-- 
Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
IRI 323, School of Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana