From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7624df5e57d09688 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-14 09:33:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: config files proposal Date: 14 Jun 2002 12:15:41 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1024071812 19225 128.183.220.71 (14 Jun 2002 16:23:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jun 2002 16:23:32 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25953 Date: 2002-06-14T16:23:32+00:00 List-Id: antonio_duran@hotmail.com (Antonio Duran) writes: > What I meant with confidentiality and integrity was to use > cryptographic technics to encrypt/decrypt config files for > confidentiality and hash/digest for checking integrity. Ok, that's clear. > I know this is far beyond the scope since by using that the file > couldn't be modified by hand with a simple text editor. Yes. > My intent was to know if that kind of functionality could be of > interest in some circumstances. Not to me, but it's a good question. -- -- Stephe