Re: Alice, Bob, ... Foo, bar?

Also:

    Malcolm: the man in the middle, an active attacker who can alter
messages, forge packets, certificates, etc.


Joe Tag wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can also find the reference in Schneir __Applied_Crytography__ text;
> and in
> Pfleeger's __Security_in_Computing__ .
> Koblitz in his __Number_Theory_and_Crypto__  used names like
> 'Aida' and 'Bernardo'.
>
> I like 'Anna' ( think the old morse code naviation system " . _ " = a ; "_
> ." = n; and
> ''Anna'' is a 'palindrome name' ; You could use also, "Alyssa" (think
> Milano).
> Boris (Russion), Bruce.
> Carol, Carl, Carlos, Charles is the "Certificate Authority"
> 'Evan' could also be an eavesdropper (just think Evil).
> "Trent" is the "Digital 'Trusted' Notary.  Also known as "Ted".
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
>      Joe Tag,Jr.
>
> http://www.kean.edu/~jtag
>
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:51:55 -0500 (EST) Robert Guerra
> <rguerra(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com> writes:
> > The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech
> > given at the Zurich Seminar, April 1984
> > by John Gordon
> >
> > http://www.conceptlabs.co.uk/alicebob.html
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 john(_dot_)dlugosz(_at_)kodak(_dot_)com wrote:
> > > From: John Dlugosz
> > >
> > > I know about Alice and Bob in general.  But does anyone have a pointer
> to a
> > > complete list of which names are commonly used, and what Roles  those
> names
> > > are used for?  E.g. Eve is used for an evesdropper.  Someone else
> > > (I forgot who) can alter packets, though.
> > >
> > > --John