[Mad Dawgg]

"Computer nerd? Google shows him on linux forums asking questions..."

Date on that was 1996 which would make him (if this was the guy) 22 at the time.

[LucyJo]

Yes, I had seen that here:

http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=john+patrick+bedell&d=4942472340768332&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=c55e8cc4,ff82c442

Hello:
The security architecture for IP (see RFC1825, to start with) is
designed to provide authentication and confidentiality for the Internet.
There is an alpha/beta GPL’d implementation for Linux of this standard at
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/security/net/ip/ipsec-0.3.tar.gz which is
designed to do, among other things, exactly what you’re trying to do.
You can look at http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/swan.html for more information.
Hope this helps.

J. Patrick Bedell
jpbedell@netcom.com