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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


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