On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:35:28AM +0000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >One thing to keep in mind is portability.  In order for this to be useful
> >it has to run on pretty much all platforms.  Unix, Windows, VMS, etc...
> >So I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible.

*snip*

> >HTTPS might be overkill, we don't need to encrypt the communications, just
> >identify the server.  A simple thing to do would be for my server to have
> >a public/private key pair.  
> 
> How about layering it on ssh then?

See above.  Yes, ssh is not portable enough.


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Michael G Schwern        [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
I've just gone through a lung-crushing breakup with my blender and I don't 
think I should screw my forehead alone tonight.

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