MinimaLT: Minimal-latency Networking Through Better Security [pdf]

http://cr.yp.to/tcpip/minimalt-20130522.pdf

by m0nastic • 13 years ago

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dfc• 13 years ago

Does anyone know why there is no affiliation listed for djb? Did he retire?

(Side note: I am not sure why it was downvoted, I apologize if my question is offensive/problematic for people. )

darkmighty• 13 years ago

It says University of Illinois...

lvh• 13 years ago

It is provided, just typeset weirdly. UIC is centered between the first four authors (Petullo, Zhang, Solworth, Bernstein). AFAIK all four of those are at UIC :)

According to the author's own website[1], his position at UIC is ongoing, as well.

[1] http://cr.yp.to/positions.html

ableal• 13 years ago

Worth a look (authors include D.J. Bernstein):

We describe here MinimaLT, a secure network protocol which delivers protected data on the rst packet of a typical client-server connection. MinimaLT provides substantial protections and is extraordinarily simple to configure and use. In particular, it provides cryptographic authentication of servers and users; encryption of communication; simplicity of protocol, implementation, and conguration; clean IP-address mobility; and DoS protections"

mrmekon• 13 years ago

If I hadn't seen DJB's name on this, I would have read the abstract and thought "bullshit!" Now I just assume it's the most brilliant protocol ever written, and the source code is completely illegible :D

Historiopode• 13 years ago

While I lack the skill set to fully appreciate the paper, I must say that it is very refreshing to see innovative proposals on this kind of all-important foundational elements.

These are the kind of submissions that make HN worth visiting, for all its problems. ;)

tmoertel• 13 years ago

One more important tidbit from the paper:

We plan to soon release Ethos [experimental robust-security OS] and our Linux MinimaLT implementation as open source software.

aidenn0• 13 years ago

http://www.ethos-os.org/index.html

MinimaLT: Minimal-latency Networking Through Better Security [pdf]

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