[hobbit] hobbit security transmission

[Josh Luthman]

Damn clever idea!  Please let us know if that works or not!

On 11/13/07, nick.nauwelaerts at thomson.com <nick.nauwelaerts at thomson.com>
wrote:
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>         From: Eduard Michels [mailto:emichels at quicksoft.com.br]
>         Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 14:02
>         To: hobbit at hswn.dk
>         Subject: [hobbit] hobbit security transmission
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>         Hi,
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>         Is there any way to encrypt data transmitted from the Hobbit
> Client to the Hobbit Server?
>         Currently, if someone put a sniffer on the network will have
> access to all information transmitted, as they are in plain text.
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>         Regards,
>
>         Eduard
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> disclaimer: i still haven't tried hobbit, i'm lurking the list to get a
> better feel of it.
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> so, after getting this disclaimer out of the way, i'm guessing the
> easiest way to get this going is by using something like stunnel
> (www.stunnel.org) or openssh port forwarding (www.openssh.com). both
> work with most tcp based apps and have been used by us in various
> scenarios.
>
> // nick
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