[1207] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Interesting new player
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Fri Aug 23 09:59:57 1991
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 91 09:58:20 -0400
To: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@BBN.COM>
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: edtjda@magic322.chron.com, com-priv@psi.com
>Metropolitan's new services are protocol-transparent. Using technology
>designed primarily by Stan Hanks, they pick up the information,
>encapsulate it, transmit it and offload it in a process they swear
>is the hottest thing for network security since sliced bandwidth. :)
>
Joe, we call those things "bridges" where I come from. --Kent
i would also be interested in hearing about the security aspect of it. . . .
. . . .
