[Olsr-users] Inquiry about secure plugin of OLSR

[Zack Genesis]

When you say any character... Does it include spacebar as well???

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Zack Genesis <(spam-protected)>wrote:

> Well Im register...
> Similarly I didnt get your mail through the list as well...
> Which I used to recieve
>
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Rogge Henning <
> (spam-protected)> wrote:
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>> The keyfile contains a 16 byte binary key... so you can use any character
>> you want.
>>
>> Henning Rogge
>>
>> P.S.: Could it be that you are not registered on the olsr-users
>> Mailinglist? I don't get your mails at home through the list.
>>
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>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: Zack Genesis [mailto:(spam-protected)]
>> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2011 14:26
>> > An: Rogge Henning
>> > Cc: (spam-protected); Markus Kittenberger
>> > Betreff: Re: Inquiry about secure plugin of OLSR
>> >
>> > Sorry to bother again...
>> >
>> >
>> > A quick question... Regarding the secure plugin Key...
>> > Other than Alphanumeric... Can the key or password be input
>> > by using Non-alphanumeric character?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Henning Rogge
>> > <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >       On Wed May 11 2011 17:01:36 Zack Genesis wrote:
>> >       > I see... I get your point there...
>> >       > Other than the blackhole route method which might
>> > somehow block off unicast
>> >       > packet.
>> >       > Is there a way to convert unicast packets in to OLSR
>> > packet... maybe
>> >       > something like encapsulate Non-olsr packet into olsr packet?
>> >       > If it can be done... will the packet be block off by
>> > the secure plugin??
>> >
>> >       I think you still misunderstand the purpose of the
>> > OLSRd daemon. Its a pure
>> >       routing daemon that decides about forwarding rules to
>> > other nodes and tell the
>> >       kernel about it.
>> >
>> >       It's neither designed nor able to handle unicast
>> > traffic of the network. One
>> >       reason an OLSRd mesh is pretty fast even on slow
>> > hardware is that the traffic of
>> >       the network does not need to be transfered into userspace.
>> >
>> >       The only thing I see what you could do is to write an
>> > OLSR plugin that somehow
>> >       controls your local firewall to block of unwanted
>> > packages. But even then an
>> >       attacker would just spoof his IP address.
>> >
>> >       Using IPsec for unicast might be the better sollution.
>> >
>> >
>> >       Henning Rogge
>> >
>> >       --
>> >       Diplom-Informatiker Henning Rogge , Fraunhofer-Institut für
>> >       Kommunikation, Informationsverarbeitung und Ergonomie FKIE
>> >       Kommunikationssysteme (KOM)
>> >       Neuenahrer Straße 20, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany
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>> >
>> >
>> >
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