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Secure RPC Authentication (SRA) for TELNET and FTP

Authors: 

David R. Safford, Douglas Lee Schales, David K. Hess, Texas A & M University

Abstract: 

TELNET and FTP currently exchange user authentication (passwords) in plain text, which is easily eavesdropped. Several techniques, such as Kerberos and SPX, have been proposed in draft RFCs to implement secure authentication. These techniques, however, have several drawbacks, including technical complexity, poor vendor support, and organizational problems. This paper presents SRA, a very simple and tested technique based on Secure RPC which, while certainly not as strong as RSA, is reasonably strong, fast, and trivial to implement immediately for both inter and intra-domain communication.

David R. Safford, Texas A & M University

Douglas Lee Schales, Texas A & M University

David K. Hess, Texas A & M University

BibTeX
@inproceedings {260248,
author = {David R. Safford and Douglas Lee Schales and David K. Hess},
title = {Secure {RPC} Authentication ({{{{{SRA}}}}}) for {TELNET} and {FTP}},
booktitle = {4th UNIX Security Symposium (UNIX Security 93)},
year = {1993},
address = {Santa Clara, CA },
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/4th-unix-security-symposium/secure-rpc-authentication-sra-telnet-and-ftp},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = oct
}
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