[AG-TECH] vic and rat encryption

[Ivan R. Judson]

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
>>
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