NOTES ON SRP
July 17, 2000
 
This package is a BETA test version of the AnzioWin demo, with SRP support.
SRP is a security scheme developed at Stanford. Information on the protocol
is available at
   http://srp.stanford.edu/srp
 
IT IS ASSUMED that you have the Unix-side parts of SRP installed and
tested. It is not our intent to provide free assistance with that part of the
process.
 
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WHAT ANZIO IS
 
Anzio is a Windows-based telnet client. It has had wide acceptance in
education, libraries, government, and industry in many parts of the world. It
is unusual in its support of many character sets, for multilingual computing,
and for its excellent passthrough print support.
 
Anzio is available in two levels, as AnzioWin and Anzio Lite. It is NOT
freeware, but prices are very low, especially in large volumes.
 
More information on the released versions of Anzio, including prices, is at
   http://www.anzio.com
 
Demos of the non-SRP, released versions are available there for download as
well, as is a full user's manual.
 
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THIS VERSION - ANZIOSRP.EXE
 
This is a pre-release version of AnzioWin with support for SRP. To assist in
that support, this version also has telnet session debugging forced on. That
means that when you try (or succeed) to connect, various debug information will
be displayed, scrolling up the screen. For scrollback, use Diagnose:Review
(alt-R). The information displayed is similar to Unix-based telnet with
"options" turned on.
 
Also, this is a demo version. That means there is a 15-second countdown "nag"
screen at startup, and also a nag line will be printed on most printed pages.
 
Finally, this version does not have a full installer. After unZIPping it to
your disk, you may want to create a Windows icon for it.
 
Other than these differences, this is a fully functional version of AnzioWin.
 
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ACTIVATING SRP
 
Start up the program ANZIOSRP.EXE, and specify a terminal type when asked. When
prompted for a host name, hit "Cancel".
 
Go to Edit:Advanced Options:Security. At the bottom of this dialog box you will
see "SRP authentication", with options of "Off", "Optional", and "Required".
Set it as appropriate. Authentication refers to the process of logging in and
proving who you are to the host system.
 
You will also see "SRP encryption", with the same options. Encryption here
refers to the body of your communication session after login. Note that it is
possible to use secure authentication, so your login password is not
transmitted as cleartext, but to use cleartext after that, for speed and lower
processor load.
 
Once these settings are established, go to Communicate:Setup to specify your
target host name.
 
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STAYING IN TOUCH
 
We strongly hope that you will let us know your progress, reactions, and
results of working with ANZIOSRP. Please communicate by emailing to
   mailto://ras@anzio.com
 
We will maintain a private mailing list, so that we can advise you of further
developments.
 
Our plan is to have SRP rolled into AnzioWin for general release by September
1, 2000.
 
Thanks very much.
Bob Rasmussen
President
Rasmussen Software
ras@anzio.com