Request review of crypto secure sockets

[Paul Sheer <psheer@obsidian.co.za>]

Hi there

I have developed a secure socket protocol using diffie-hellman key
exchanges and a stream cypher.

I was wanting to know if anyone would review the protocol.

The package is called mirrordir:
	ftp://ftp.is.co.za/pub/mirrordir
and contains a detailed description of protocol.

The connect and accept scripts for the socket are attached. initarcrd()
and initarcwr() initialise the stream cypher - thereafter all send and
recv's are encrpyted. `type' is the size of the prime.

The signature scheme is the p-NEW signature scheme from Bruce Schneier's,
Applied Cryptography.

Any takers??

TIA

-paul


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