[29951] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: "top secret" security does require blocking SSH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Palmer)
Mon Jul 10 14:45:01 2000
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:42:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Palmer <chrisp@bitstream.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Alex Bligh said:
> > need. I'm not an expert, but there is good information theory
> > that says once you allow more than trivial bit rates in/out
> > of an organization, blocking covert communication encapsulated
> > one way or another becomes extremely hard.
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> Actually, it isn't so hard. Northgrum.com has firewall, moat,
> alligators, and free-fire kill-zone <g>.
Are you referring to what Alex said when you say `it isn't so hard'? If
so, I'm confused; could you elaborate (what good would a firewall,
moat or other do)?
If not, ignore this. :)
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