Re: Someone’s Been Siphoning Data Through a Huge Security Hole in the Internet

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Brandon Galbraith <brandon.galbraith () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > If your flows are a target, or your data is of an extremely sensitive
> > nature (diplomatic, etc), why aren't you moving those bits over
> > something more private than IP (point to point L2, MPLS)? This doesn't
> > work for the VoIP target mentioned, but foreign ministries should most
> > definitely not be trusting encryption alone.
>
> I will ruin someones weekend here, but:
>
> MPLS != Encryption.  MPLS VPN = "Stick a label before the still unencrypted IP packet".

great, now how do I get a private link?

> MPLS doesn't secure your data, you are responsible for keeping it secure on the wire.

but, but,but! they told me it was private!