[22353] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: follow up on gigabit either
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Wed Dec 23 23:22:46 1998
To: k claffy <kc@caida.org>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, gherbert@crl.com
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:00:29 -0800
From: George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>
K wrote:
[useful summary of gigabit ether situation]
>Steve also made exclnt point that the ATM vs 'promiscuous' medium
> have other inherent distinction of potential interest
> to ISPs with policy/privacy/security concerns
I'm not quite sure I understand this bit; isn't switched ether
(of any speed) equally secure as an ATM switch would be?
-george william herbert
gherbert@crl.com I speak only for myself