non-secure network utilities - pointers?

What cypherpunk-approved (tm) -- that is, cryptographically strong, 
freely available, and well-implemented (reliable) -- network utilities are 
available?  I'm willing to agree to US-only license agreement iff I have 
to...

I'm looking for secure telnet, ftp, talk, etc. that I can run over a 
potentially insecure network (and their respective daemons).

Is SSL the way to go?  (If so, what's the best implementation?)  What 
about other protocols?  Is there some comprehensive {web,ftp}site 
where I can find more information on this subject?

Please reply off-list to poodge@econ.berkeley.edu

thanks,
-sq

Sam Quigley writes:
> What cypherpunk-approved (tm) -- that is, cryptographically strong, 
> freely available, and well-implemented (reliable) -- network utilities are 
> available?  I'm willing to agree to US-only license agreement iff I have 
> to...


Try SSH and friends -- they are a pretty good thing.

http://www.ssh.fi/, I believe.

Perry

Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Sam Quigley wrote:

> I'm looking for secure telnet, ftp, talk, etc. that I can run over a 
> potentially insecure network (and their respective daemons).

SSH is one way to go, as besides secure rlogin and rsh you can also set up
secure encrypted tunnels between hosts for different applications, like X
or some other TCP/IP apps.

Have a look at http://www.ssh.fi/

SSLtelnet/SSLftp are an other option.

Jüri Kaljundi
AS Stallion
jk@stallion.ee