[76857] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6, IPSEC and DoS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Thomas)
Sat Jan 1 21:17:52 2005
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:20:12 -0600 (CST)
From: Rob Thomas <robt@cymru.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <85C974CC-5BE6-11D9-95A1-000A95CD987A@muada.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi, NANOGers.
] But as long as people get to snif your packets, you're dead in the
] water unless you use IPsec.
The same is often said about SSL for web transactions. This is
why keystroke loggers are so popular in bots and other malware.
The point is that folks shouldn't assume that encrypted packets
keep them safe. Encryption != security.
Thanks,
Rob.
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Rob Thomas
http://www.cymru.com
Shaving with Occam's razor since 1999.
