Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:39:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: dmp@aracnet.com Cc: ks@itp.ac.ru, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption? Message-ID: <199909071339.JAA11485@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <37D4BCC2.34AFAE9D@aracnet.com> References: <XFMail.990907105629.ks@osi.ru> <37D4BCC2.34AFAE9D@aracnet.com>
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<<On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:20:34 -0700, dmp@aracnet.com said: > I have two problems. The first is that EM emissions on UTP allows > one to monitor all traffic on that cable. Use fiber NICs. > The second is that a > sniffer run on an authorized machine will be able to see the source > and destination IP and port of all IP traffic on it's segment. Use a good switch and hard-wire the bridge table. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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