[114994] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut - response in seconds?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Jun 2 14:08:19 2009
To: Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:54:44 EDT."
<d99aaed40906021054v2dd4bce0pefacbb577efc3734@mail.gmail.com>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:07:41 -0400
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>,
Dave Wilson <richard.wilson@senokian.com>
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On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:54:44 EDT, Martin Hannigan said:
> It would also be cheaper to add an additional layer of security with
> encryption vs. roving teams of gun toting manhole watchers.
Even if encrypted, you can probably do an amazing amount of traffic
analysis to tell when something is afoot. Ask any pizzeria near State Dept
or Pentagon. ;)
(That, plus it's easier to break an encryption if you have gigabytes of
data to work with, than if you don't have any data to work with...)
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