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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: End-to-end encrypted Talk server
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:57:22 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Originator: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)

In article <m8p4tsFkcqkU1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:
>In article <1007lps$b3f$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>In article <100645r$25oq$15@gallifrey.nk.ca>,
>>The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>Just wondering if  FreeBSD Can do  end-to-end encrypted talk as a server.
>>
>>
>>By "talk" do you mean `talk(1)` etc?  If so, then the answer is
>>no, unfortunately.  I don't believe that `talk` or `ntalk` was
>>ever a protocol that supported encryption.  Of course, it is
>>possible that someone created a local variant at some site that
>>did, but if so, it was not widespread.
>
>Maybe you could dummy up something with stunnel.

Perhaps?

>I think "talk" is pretty much unused these days though.

Yeah, pretty much.  It relies on shipping around a (binary!!)
`struct sockaddr_in` in a UDP packet, and never evolved into the
age of modern age of firewalls with NAT, and of course, never
supported encryption or authentication.

I have a 1/3rd complete replacement sitting around that I should
wrap up and publish.  I suspect it would have essentially no use
though.  :-)

	- Dan C.