[4033] in Kerberos
Re: I need comment on Kerberos vs. NetSP (IBM)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dmccarty@vnet.ibm.com)
Wed Oct 12 21:26:09 1994
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 12 Oct 1994 23:06:04 GMT
From: dmccarty@vnet.ibm.com
Reply-To: dmccarty@vnet.ibm.com
It seems that portions of this thread may not have been picked
up by our News server so I'm coming in late on this...
In <91941010113519/0003858921NA2EM@MCIMAIL.COM>, 0003858921@mcimail.com (Robert G. Moskowitz) writes:
>>B. NetSP
>
>>1. closed technology
>
>My understanding is it is based on KryptoKnight which is a published
>technology. Just not used by anyone other than its inventors, IBM. I think
>I was told that KryptoKnight relies heavily on random numbers in place of IP
>addressing and thus the systems involved need really good random number
>generators.
NetSP uses random number generators suitable for security systems.
>
>KryptoKnight is one of the 'other' security protocols and is actually listed
>as a protocol supported by the TELNET authentication....
>
Is 'other' refering to the Stallings article in DataComm magazine? If so, his
statments about NetSP are misleading.
>Bob Moskowitz
>Chrysler
>
Later....
Dan McCarty
IBM Network Security Product
