Linux-Hams archive - March 1998: Re: Security

Re: Security

Duvall, Michael J. (tjeo@shadowlands.ca)
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 8:24:33 -0500


Ben Kram stated:
>Lately on my campus (I am a johns hopkins student) we have had problems
>with packet snooping - and system breakins.

Well.. It sounds like just about everything has been mentioned but
"skey". I have not used it but it is supposed to allow your to provide a
secure login method.

Another .. less obvious method for data hiding might just be simple data
compression. It of course is legal and simple method for data hiding.
Unless there are sniffers that decompress the data, I think the average
hacker would look for easier targets. It is real wimpy protection but
could be a real aggravation factor if you don't have a way to view
decompress the data. depending on the data transfer rate it might also
increase your through out.

Please give us a report on what you find out.

Mike Duvall
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