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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion: virtual/telnet
From:       Paul de Vrieze <pauldv () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2003-12-28 15:23:40
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On Sunday 28 December 2003 05:10, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:55:02 -0500 "Allen Parker" <allenp@efn.org>

> Actually, all of the telnet clients in portage contain a special
> Gentoo-specific patch which enables rot26 cryptography (a technology
> developed by UC Berkeley for NASA) for extra security. This rather
> ingenious symmetric algorithm is entirely backwards compatible with
> existing servers, and does not even require any server-side updates. We
> have a mysterious guy known only as 'Gregg' to thank for these.

HAHAHAHAHA

Paul
ps. to all the people not in the know, this is a joke as rot26 is rubbish.

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Paul de Vrieze
Gentoo Developer
Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org
Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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