Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 22:47:12 -0700 From: dmp@aracnet.com To: "Bryan Smith (Administrator)" <bryan@valiant.cis.hcc.cc.il.us> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption? Message-ID: <37D4A6E0.F49A6F87@aracnet.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909062350020.10516-100000@valiant.cis.hcc.cc.il.us>
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"Bryan Smith (Administrator)" wrote: > > where would you implement this on the system? A layer 2 bridge between the NIC and the network. > I just use SSH. SSH still requires that unencrypted IP headers be used, allowing a sniffer to see the traffic. > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 dmp@aracnet.com wrote: > > > My apologies if this shouldn't be posted to this group, but I didn't > > know of any other place where an open discussion among "friends" > > could take place. If I should take this elsewhere, just let me know. > > > > Is it possible to encrypt ethernet packets so that all layers above > > layer 2 would be encrypted? The idea I had was to make a device that > > could defeat a TCP sniffer by encrypting the IP headers. Is this > > doable? Viable? A reinvention of the wheel? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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