Bob,
There are lots of application level efforts but I think what
you want is IP network/transport level security. There
is an ipsec working group looking into this. The mailing
list is ipsec(_at_)ans(_dot_)net(_dot_) The charter for the WG, etc., can
be accessed in the usual ways.
Donald
From: jueneman%wotan(_at_)gte(_dot_)com
To: pem-dev(_at_)tis(_dot_)com
Reply-To: "Jueneman, Robert R." <Jueneman(_at_)gte(_dot_)com>
...
Although I trust that some day we will have a useable
version of PEM to handle e-mail securely, not all problems
can be solved that way. Some people need FTP, others
will want Telnet, X-windows or other interactive protocols.
Certainly a secure FAX capability would be nice, as well
as secure remote printing. In general, we would want
employees to be able to access computing facilities
as though they were at work, rather than through awkward
firewalls.
...
Ful period link encryption is one possibility, and X.25 or IP
packet encryption is another, with various pros and cons.
Is anyone aware of anything being done along these lines,
either in a secure modem or as an modification to SLIP, PPP,
or mobile IP? If not, would anyone be interested in working
on the problem?
(BTW- I'd be interested in hearing privately from anyone who
has gone through this exercise and established a formal
telecommuting policy -- lessons learned, rocks and shoals to
avoid, etc.)
Bob