We describe here MinimaLT, a secure network protocol which delivers protected data on the rst packet of a typical client-server connection.
MinimaLT provides substantial protections and is extraordinarily simple to con figure
and use. In particular, it provides cryptographic authentication of servers and users; encryption of communication;
simplicity of protocol, implementation, and con guration;
clean IP-address mobility; and DoS protections"
If I hadn't seen DJB's name on this, I would have read the abstract and thought "bullshit!" Now I just assume it's the most brilliant protocol ever written, and the source code is completely illegible :D
While I lack the skill set to fully appreciate the paper, I must say that it is very refreshing to see innovative proposals on this kind of all-important foundational elements.
These are the kind of submissions that make HN worth visiting, for all its problems. ;)
It is provided, just typeset weirdly. UIC is centered between the first four authors (Petullo, Zhang, Solworth, Bernstein). AFAIK all four of those are at UIC :)
According to the author's own website[1], his position at UIC is ongoing, as well.
We describe here MinimaLT, a secure network protocol which delivers protected data on the rst packet of a typical client-server connection. MinimaLT provides substantial protections and is extraordinarily simple to con figure and use. In particular, it provides cryptographic authentication of servers and users; encryption of communication; simplicity of protocol, implementation, and con guration; clean IP-address mobility; and DoS protections"