[29905] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "top secret" security does require blocking SSH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bligh)
Sun Jul 9 15:46:22 2000
From: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
To: woods@weird.com (Greg A. Woods)
Cc: rmeyer@mhsc.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:53:20 EDT."
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woods@weird.com said:
> Unfortunately we're rapidly approaching (if we're not already there) a
> state of affairs where it is impossible to technically prevent inbound
> and outbound covert channels
No. We are just rapidly approaching the point where people realize
it has always been the case that this is impossible.
--
Alex Bligh
VP Core Network, Concentric Network Corporation
(formerly GX Networks, Xara Networks)
