[24307] in Cypherpunks
Re: IPSP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon Dec 19 14:23:25 1994
To: bshantz@spry.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Dec 1994 10:25:24 PST."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 13:51:56 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
bshantz@spry.com says:
> For the sake of a friend, I'm trying to explain the basics of IPSP.
> And I've choked!!! Could someone please explain it. What is it,
> how does it work. ETC.
Simplified, the idea is that you put a cryptographic encapsulation
around your packets and then send them inside other IP packets; the
receiver unwraps them and unencrypts them.
I'll send sections of my draft if anyone wants to hear more on the
topic.
Perry
