[164083] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Security over SONET/SDH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Fagan)
Tue Jun 25 08:38:56 2013
In-Reply-To: <20130624125556.D485E358@m0005296.ppops.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:38:23 -0600
From: Phil Fagan <philfagan@gmail.com>
To: surfer@mauigateway.com
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Are these private links or customer links? Why encrypt at that layer? I'm
looking for the niche usecase.
On Jun 24, 2013 1:57 PM, "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
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> ----- william.allen.simpson wrote: -----
> And at $189,950 MSRP, obviously every ISP is dashing out the door
> for a pair for each and every long haul fiber link. ;-)
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> It's the same as buying, say, .nanog... >;-)
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> --- gdt@gdt.id.au wrote:
> From: Glen Turner <gdt@gdt.id.au>
> On 23/06/2013, at 1:21 PM, William Allen Simpson wrote:
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> > What security protocols are folks using to protect SONET/SDH?
> > At what speeds?
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> "Excuse me NSA, can I have export approval for one KG-530 SDH
> encryptor?" What are the odds :-)
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> And how would we know that the "export model" isn't simply
> providing a more convenient backdoor for the NSA?
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> That's why I'm trying to follow up on the original question. Is
> there something similar the global public can use to secure their
> connections that is not government designed. This is even more
> important on microwave shots when security is desired.
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> scott
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