RE: (PM) Encryption over dialup lines

James Courtier-Dutton (dutton@livingston-ent.co.uk)
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 18:40:16 +0100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of Chad Scott
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 06:04
> To: 'Nair, Shibu (MED, Wipro Systems, Inc)';
> portmaster-users@livingston.com; Chad Scott
> Subject: RE: (PM) Encryption over dialup lines
>
>
> There isn't any method by which to encrypt the PPP/SLIP data between the
> PortMaster and the remote client.
>
> You can, however, encrypt the DATA which is sent within PPP. For
> instance, if you're connecting machine A to machine B via the
> PortMaster, simply have machine A encrypt the data and machine B decrypt
> the data. This causes it to be encrypted in the intermediate hop of the
> PortMaster.
And the Lucent Managed Firewall is great for just this.
You load a small program on the client PC and it talks to the LMF inside you
organisation, and the data is encrypted in between.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nair, Shibu (MED, Wipro Systems, Inc)
> [mailto:Shibu.Nair@amermsx.med.ge.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:13 AM
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com; 'Chad Scott'
> Subject: RE: (PM) Encryption over dialup lines
>
> Hi
> I use a PM3 for dialing out to medical equipments
> through unix hosts...
>
> What i want to do is to encrypt the data which is been
> send between
> portmaster3 and
> the destination machine machines over dialup lines....
>
> This will help us better security...
>
> Pls advice me better ways to achieve the same...
> TIA
> With Warm Regards
> Shibu R
> _________________________________________________
> Mailto : Shibu.Nair@med.ge.com
> shibur@wipsys.soft.net
> Tel : (414) 524 5261
> Fax : (414) 896 2790
>
> GE Medical Systems
> Global Service Engineering
> Pewaukee
> Waukesha, WI 53072
>
>
> ----------
> From: Chad Scott[SMTP:chads@livingston.com]
> Reply To: Chad Scott
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 8:10 PM
> To: Nair, Shibu (MED, Wipro Systems, Inc);
> portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: RE: (PM) Encryption over dialup
> lines
>
> You're not really being specific enough to
> determine what you're
> trying
> to encrypt.
>
> CHAP encrypts passwords (well, more accurately,
> it doesn't send
> the
> password but challenges representative of it)
> PPP/SLIP isn't encrypted and there isn't any
> method within the
> PortMaster to do so
> Telnet is not encrypted and the PortMaster does
> not support SSH
> L2TP is not encrypted at this time
>
> What is it you're looking to encrypt? Have I
> nailed it with the
> above
> list already?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nair, Shibu (MED, Wipro
> Systems, Inc)
> [mailto:Shibu.Nair@amermsx.med.ge.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999
> 2:11 PM
> To:
> portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: (PM) Encryption
> over dialup
> lines
>
> Hi
>
> Is it possible to encrypt the
> data over dialup
> line
> where Portmaster is
> involved...
> (Say one end is portmaster and
> another end is
> Unix
> machine...)
>
> If there is some information /
> URL on this pls
> provide ?
>
> With Warm Regards
> Shibu R
>
> _________________________________________________
> Mailto : Shibu.Nair@med.ge.com
>
> shibur@wipsys.soft.net
> Tel : (414) 524 5261
> Fax : (414) 896 2790
>
> GE Medical Systems
> Global Service Engineering
> Pewaukee
> Waukesha, WI 53072
>
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