Automatic Encryption

[Illtud Daniel]

"Joseph E. Mainusch" wrote:

> > It is _extremely_ unlikely to invent and
> > to implement something even remotely secure as openssh (which is not
> > bulletproof) in one year, as a plugin for vnc.
> 
> ...which is why I would employ standard protocols for these things.
> i.e. RSA, SHA, AES.  That's why they exist.

> SSH utilizes the standard protocols I've mentioned (among others).  Why
> not use them as well?  You don't need to pull the entire functionality of
> SSH into VNC in order to do this.

Yes, and therein lies the problem - do you know enough about
SSH or the "standard protocols" [they're algorithms] to know
which bits to pull out, and how to implement them securely?
Most encryption is broken in the implementation, not the algorithm.

-- 
Illtud Daniel                                 illtud.daniel@llgc.org.uk
Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau                       Senior Systems Analyst
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru                  National Library of Wales
Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC   -  Speaking personally, not for NLW