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Author SHA1 Message Date
Eelco Dolstra
5c1f8cbc70 Move all of NixOS to nixos/ in preparation of the repository merge 2013-10-10 13:28:20 +02:00
Peter Simons
4a7d8a84bc modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix: specify start-up dependencies in systemd style
Thanks, Eelco, for pointing this out.
2013-09-11 18:56:09 +02:00
Peter Simons
0afcc637d7 Add support for opportunistic TCP encryption.
Set "networking.tcpcrypt.enable = true;" to enable opportunistic TCP encryption
based on the user-space tools available from <http://tcpcrypt.org>.

Network attackers come in two varieties: passive and active (man-in-the-middle).
Passive attacks are much simpler to execute because they just require listening
on the network. Active attacks are much harder as they require listening and
modifying network traffic, often requiring very precise timing that can make
some attacks impractical.

Opportunistic encryption cannot protect against active attackers, but it *does*
protect against passive attackers. Furthermore, Tcpcrypt is powerful enough to
stop active attacks, too, if the application using it performs authentication.

A complete description of the protocol extension can be found at
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bittau-tcp-crypt-00>.
2013-09-10 23:32:55 +02:00