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On Wednesday 24 December 2008, 11:39, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > >> DSA / RSA |
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> > >> tun / tap |
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> > > tun - to uniplexed node? |
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> > > tap - to any person? |
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> > > it makes some vague sense |
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> > I think what Alan refers to is: |
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP |
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> > I'm not sure if this is what he seeks: |
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> > RSA - Encryption algorithm |
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> > DSA - Directory System Agent, LDAP protocol |
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> > I guess both could have something to do with TUN/TAP... |
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> As I used them they are not related. DSA and RSA are key hash |
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> algorithms, I can never tell them apart and have to haul out the man |
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> page to rediscover which one I tell my users to use :-) |
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> tun & tap - same thing. One is routed, one is more like level 2. Do |
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> you think I can ever remember which is which when I need to? |
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Sometimes in these cases I just go by exclusion. Just remember one of the |
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two, and the other one automatically becomes "the other". |
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For tun/tap I can actually tell which is which because I use them |
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frequently, but for example you could just remember that tun stands for |
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tunnel (I suppose) so it's for point-to-point connections and hence |
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carries IP (while tap carries ethernet frames and can broadcast, but you |
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don't need to remember this; it's easily deduced by contrast against the |
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former). There can be of course dozens of other ways. Another one is |
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using the words you want to remember to somehow form other words |
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(perhaps funny or in any case easier to remember), which could have a |
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connection with their original meaning. Again, silly example: for tap, |
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you could remember wiretap, where the "wire" part should make you |
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think "ethernet", which is where tap operates (I think this would work |
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in my case; it might not for you, but of course each one of us has his |
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own mental paths and associations). For RSA, you could |
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remember "univeRSAl", which might mean that it is the algorithm you |
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always tell people to use. Etc. etc. |
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Hope the above suggestions make sense to you. Of course, besides the |
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silly examples, the important point is that the best way is to build |
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associations with things that *you* can easily remember. |
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