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[linux-security] Re: A switch? A router? What am I
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Remo Pini)
Thu Jul 2 02:22:39 1998
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 19:10:08 +0200
To: linux-security@redhat.com
From: Remo Pini <rp@rpini.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980630094647.00b25300@mailhost.wiltelnsi.com>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
>imho, a vlan is a device to manipulate broadcast domains (and by
>implication collision domains) and again *not* a security device. The
>"best" use of vlans is when you have distributed users and want to share
>resources among just those users, e.g. engineering is IP network X, sales
>is IP network Y, but their cubes are distributed among half a dozen floors
Oh yes they are. Swiss military for example accepts a non-routed VLAN as a
secure subnet (in an ATM LANE environment). VLANs are/will be a vital part
of our LAN-security (especially combined with a MAC-based VLAN-policy).
Greets,
Remo
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