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diff --git a/security/srp/pkg-descr b/security/srp/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4aaf84f96304 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/srp/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Excerpt from the README: + SRP stands for the Secure Remote Password protocol, which is a secure + password-based authentication and key-exchange mechanism that can be + used to establish session security and mutual authentication over + untrusted networks without requiring an external public-key infrastructure + or trusted third parties. The SRP distribution consists of a fully- + featured, portable library that implements SRP-based secure password + authentication as well as implementations of popular applications and + services like Telnet and FTP with support for transport security and + SRP. These password-based applications leverage the strength of the + SRP authentication mechanism to offer fairly good protection against + both passive and active network attacks, which is an improvement over + most existing password-only techniques. + +WWW: http://srp.stanford.edu/ |