[Dclug] Remote X security

[donjr]

On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 14:32 -0800, Andre Lehovich wrote:
> > Where was the TCP over TCP level of communication involved?
> > 
> > If you think it's in the 'telnet' level think again and then go read
> > about what the 'telnet' is program again. Note the existences of a
> > 'telnet' like program may even predate TCP/ip being generally available.
> 
> The connection between the terminal server driving the modem and the
> workstation running the SLiRP server was over TCP. 

You are sure that TCP was used for that link?

There are/where a number of different protocols use(d) for connections
between "terminal server driving the modem" and workstations/whatever.

>  PPP was going over that
> connection, and then on top of PPP was a second layer of TCP.
> 
> --Andre

The following is from <http://sunsite.nus.sg/pub/slirp/features.html>
  SLiRP is a TCP/IP emulator over the (C)SLIP/PPP link-level protocols
  which allows a normal user with a shell account on a Unix host turn it
  into something like a (C)SLIP/PPP account.

Also see: <http://sunsite.nus.sg/pub/slirp/>

  Notice the "TCP/IP emulator over", SLiRP is at best acting as the
carrier level for any TCP/IP communication it is carry-ing over it.

So even after reading a lot about SLiRP and/or stating the above, I
still have to agree with the statement "In some situations TCP over TCP
works quite well."

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