Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-ee!wn9nbt From: wn9nbt@ecn-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: Packet Radio Vax access Message-ID: <2257@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 09:18:12 EDT Article-I.D.: pur-ee.2257 Posted: Fri Oct 19 09:18:12 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 11:36:32 EDT Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:smu:13200009:ecn-ee:14900010:000:728 Nf-From: ecn-ee!wn9nbt Oct 18 20:24:00 1984 The problem that would create is that of security. Your password could be picked out and/or any other "secure" information could be obtained by any station in "watch all" mode. I had thought of a gunplexer link between Purdue ECN systems and my home, as they are quite directional and much less likely to be heard, but still far from secure. I had thought of a scheme that you would have a list of passwords, such that it would move to the next password in the list after each login, but that would be pretty kludgy, not to mention inefficient. If you attempted to use an encryption scheme that wouldn't be legal for amateur radio. Might be a neat idea for a public domain bull board though. ........Dave Chasey - wn9nbt