Hi, Note that inSORS nodes don't support Rijindael as far as I know, so you will have to use DES.
Andrew :) ============================================ Access Grid Support Centre, RSS Group, Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Mann Sent: 29 March 2006 17:28 To: 'Derek Piper' Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] vic and rat encryption Derek Piper said: > > You may be better off using Rjindael encryption, which is normally > used on AG Venues when setting the 'encryption' option in the venue > server config. > A Rjindael key is passed to VIC and RAT as 'Rjindael/passphrase' > where passphrase should be something random and unguessable, and > distributed to those needing the key to enter manually. There's a > program for Debian called 'pwgen' that I've used to generate a > passphrase before. For manually entering the key, you would probably > just disable the venue encryption and manually key it in. For a DES > key, just use a passphrase that doesn't start with a string 'Rjindael/'. > Of course you can also use certificates to secure a venue too, so not > just anyone can enter and obtain the encryption key. The certificate security can not be done because half the participants are inSORS nodes. I'll try out this pwgen and test it out. Thanks! -- Jeremy Mann [email protected] University of Texas Health Science Center Bioinformatics Core Facility http://www.bioinformatics.uthscsa.edu Phone: (210) 567-2672
