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To: Joggins who wrote (55)	9/13/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: caly	Read Replies (1) of 206

Joggins, There is no concept of breaking a public key. A public key is just that...public. There is nothing secret about it and there's no reason to keep it secret. The private key of the public/private key pair what MUST be protected. If the private key is comprised, all security is lost with the holder of that key pair. This is why the best security solutions will provide a secure physical token of some sort to protect the private key. The concept of using public key technology to secure the delivery of a secret key for subsequent encryption is exactly what is specified in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) standard. (You may know this as ISAKMP/Oakley.) It is part of the more general IPsec security standards. IKE not allows for this capability, it also allows the two parties to negotiate what encryption, hashing and authentication algorithm they will use during the key exchange. It is an extremely powerful and flexible key management protocol which is why it's been embraced by all the major security players (including network players like Cisco). calypso Here is a link that shows the current players that have made it through the IPsec certification process... icsa.net

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