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Re: Annoying CFS bug fixed

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In message <199804270017.UAA29658@fbi>, Matt Blaze writes:
>I think things like IPSEC and ssh have made esm pretty much obsolete, but
>it still is the only way to get end-to-end security through certain
>firewall configurations, so I'm a bit reluctant to declare it dead.

I am not so confident.  I have a feeling many people won't have
IPSEC for a while.

At the last Usenix Security Symposium, Peter Gutmann expressed some
concerns about the [P]RNG architecture used by ssh.

Maybe a little diversity in secure clients isn't such a bad thing.

Is stel still alive?
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Travis Hassloch, Database Administrator; Dobbs-tested, Mother-approved

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