[22355] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: follow up on gigabit either
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Thu Dec 24 00:51:20 1998
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:35:47 -0500
To: George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>
From: John Fraizer <John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199812240400.UAA19927@mail.crl.com>
It's kinda hard to flood the ARP table of an ATM switch and have it let you
see the traffic on another PVC. It can be done with a switch. (Not
necessarily _all_ switches but, some.)
At 08:00 PM 12/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>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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