[1212] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Internet Tunnel Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Tardo)
Wed Dec 6 17:09:24 1995
Date: 6 Dec 1995 11:08:50 -0800
From: "Joe Tardo" <joe_tardo@genmagic.com>
To: "Prince, Cheryl" <cprince@mfi.com>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Reply to: RE>Internet Tunnel Question
A number of firewall products (e.g., Raptor) do this (or something very
similar)
already, usually called "Virtual Private Networks" (VPN). There's even a
standards
effort initiated by RSA (look in directory http://www.rsa.com/pub/S-WAN/).
Look
also on Raptor's home page.
Joe
>> From: Prince, Cheryl
>> Digital recently released a new (?) way of using the public Internet to
create -
>> -or replace--private local or wide area networks. All sensitive data is
>> encrypted with RSA tech, private key/public key cryptography on either end
of
>> communication as well as authentication so the parties can accurately
identify
>> each other. It's called the Digital Internet Tunnel.
>> Has anyone heard about this kind of system (surely not the first of its
kind)
>> and is this safe??
