[AG-TECH] vic and rat encryption

[Colin Perkins]

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
>