From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] tlssrv
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:02:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020617190233.GK67502@cassie.foobarbaz.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bd8593d3b2493ad0f14c271aa9ffa70e@plan9.bell-labs.com>
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 09:47:45AM -0400, Russ Cox wrote:
> you could use the Official Unix Encryption Solution,
> which is to tunnel vnc through ssh. in this case,
> run sshnet to your freebsd box and then just
> vncv 127.0.0.1:n
>
> of course, sshnet seems not to like it when you do
> that, but figuring that out seems simplest of the
> solutions proposed so far.
Something about ssh doesn't sit right with me. The
protocol is overly complex, imo. I think ssl/tls is
a better way to go. It just feels like a more general
solution.
It's a shame that ssl-wrapped services didn't take
off in the UNIX world the way that ssh did.
--
Christopher Nielsen - Metal-wielding pyro techie
"Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve
neither freedom nor security." --Benjamin Franklin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-17 19:02 UTC|newest]
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2002-06-17 13:47 Russ Cox
2002-06-17 19:02 ` Christopher Nielsen [this message]
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2002-06-17 19:47 Russ Cox
2002-06-17 11:08 nigel
2002-06-17 18:59 ` Christopher Nielsen
2002-06-14 13:45 nigel
2002-06-17 9:14 ` Christopher Nielsen
2002-06-14 13:34 nigel
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