Re: [btns] Suggestion for Better-Than-Nothing Security (btns)

[Stephen Kent <[e-mail]>]

At 12:07 AM -0500 5/28/09, tim robertson wrote:
>Hi, I have a suggestion for Better-Than-Nothing Security (btns). 
>IPSEC should integrate some more encryption features like Obfuscated 
>TCP(code.google.com/p/obstcp/) and you should work with 
>Microsoft/Linux to get them to release a high priority windowsupdate 
>for all windows xp/vista/server operating systems so everyone can 
>install it. Same thing for Linux too. Then IPSEC should be enabled 
>by default for Windows xp/vista/server and Linux.
>
>Can you pass on my suggestion?
>Thanks
>
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IPsec is IPsec. It is not a package of software libraries like Open 
SSL.  So, it makes no sense to suggest adding Obfuscated TCP to IPsec.

IPsec has been available in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X for several years.

Because IPsec (not the BTNS variant) requires access controls and an 
authentication capability, it is not generally feasible to speak of 
it being enabled by default.

Steve