Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2764] www.netrek.org down for Y2K upgrades

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 09:13:28PM -0800, Tom Holub wrote:
> > All this talk of authentication begs the question, do we want to revisit
> > the topic of the current RSA scheme?  I remember a while back where we
> > were thinking about a slightly more robust system.

Actually, I was referring to the runtime scheme as opposed to download &
configuration.

> Unless it will be more transparent than the current system, it's a waste
> of time; the current system is already too cumbersome for server gods to
> implement (which is why it's implemented on only one active server). 

Once the package has been decrypted and untarred, configuration is automatic.
If we want to simplify the decrypt process, I'm willing to switch over to
one of those web based export-control packages.  Would this make things
easier?

Dave

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