[ale] [steve at unixwiz.net: An Illustrated Guide to IPSec]

[Bob Toxen]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 07:39:01PM -0400, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>   Nice read for anyone curious.
Steve Friedl is a very sharp security guy and also a talented writer.  I
recommend his work very highly.  (He was one of the technical reviewers
for my book, as was Mike Warfield, also very talented!)

Bob Toxen
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> ----- Forwarded message from Steve Friedl <steve at unixwiz.net> -----
> 
> From: Steve Friedl <steve at unixwiz.net>
> To: bugtraq at securityfocus.com
> Subject: An Illustrated Guide to IPSec
> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:25:04 -0700
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i
> Message-ID: <20050825202504.GA26124 at linux.unixwiz.net>
> X-CRM114-Status: Good  ( pR: 84.1710 )
> 
> Hello listmates,
> 
> One of the most widespread security protocols is IPSec, but many of
> us have found that the number of knobs and settings and switches gets
> really overwhelming. I was in that boat as well, so I dove in and wrote
> a paper that covers IPSec at the protocol level.
> 
> It doesn't cover things like Key Exchange yet (that's the *next* paper),
> but it's got a lot of detail that should be comforting to any TCP/IP
> geeks.
> 
> 	Unixwiz.net Tech Tip: An Illustrated Guide to IPSec
> 	http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/iguide-ipsec.html
> 
> It's amazing how much one learns by writing about it...
> 
> Steve
> 
> -- 
> Stephen J Friedl | Security Consultant |  UNIX Wizard  |   +1 714 544-6561
> www.unixwiz.net  | Tustin, Calif. USA  | Microsoft MVP | steve at unixwiz.net
> 
>  
>  ** ACCEPT: CRM114 PASS Markovian Matcher ** 
> CLASSIFY succeeds; success probability: 1.0000  pR: 84.1710
> Best match to file #0 (nonspam.css) prob: 1.0000  pR: 84.1710  
> Total features in input file: 4784
> #0 (nonspam.css): features: 11228229, hits: 2117503, prob: 1.00e+00, pR:  84.17 
> #1 (spam.css): features: 4271668, hits: 1132407, prob: 6.75e-85, pR: -84.17 
>  
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> :wq!
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