On Wednesday 24 December 2008 12:27:29 pk wrote: > Mark David Dumlao wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> DSA / RSA > >> tun / tap > > > > tun - to uniplexed node? > > tap - to any person? > > it makes some vague sense > > I think what Alan refers to is: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP > > I'm not sure if this is what he seeks: > > RSA - Encryption algorithm > DSA - Directory System Agent, LDAP protocol > > I guess both could have something to do with TUN/TAP...
As I used them they are not related. DSA and RSA are key hash algorithms, I can never tell them apart and have to haul out the man page to rediscover which one I tell my users to use :-) tun & tap - same thing. One is routed, one is more like level 2. Do you think I can ever remember which is which when I need to? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
