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Session-Layer Encryption


Matt Blaze and Steven M. Bellovin
<{mab, smb}@research.att.com>
AT&T Bell Laboratories

Abstract

We describe mechanisms for practical session-layer security for Internet-based terminal sessions. We discuss the tradeoffs of providing security at various layers of abstractions, from the network to the session layer. We describe two new mechanisms: our encrypting, authenticating telnet and our encrypted session manager (esm).


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