Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: IP tunneling and encryption? | Date | Sat, 4 May 1996 14:23:52 +0100 (BST) |
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> I'm contemplating playing around with IP tunneling, but I'm missing a _very_ > obvious thing: some encryption hooks (like those in the loop blockdev). I > think this is so obvious, that somebody must have implemented it already; > otherwise - would it be hard to do? AFAIK, one would just add an extra option > to the setup, and hook an encryption/decryption call to the points in the code > where the original data is copied to/from the new socket buffer. Are there any > more issues here?
None at all. The IPIP code actually has a note where you add say compressors. Please remember not to put encryption software on any US site without specific permission as Americans are not allowed to export it.
Alan
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