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Re: Q on external router
From: tqbf () secnet com
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 19:59:41 -0500 (CDT)
Do not rely on switches because switches are not designed for security.Based on that logic, there's just about nothing you CAN rely on, except death, taxes, and sendmail bugs.
I don't think that's very fair. It seems obvious to me that some systems have more attention paid to them for security (VMailer, for instance) than others (like Sendmail). My confidence in VMailer is much greater than my confidence in Sendmail, to the point where I'd be willing to consider deploying VMailer in circumstances where Sendmail's lack of reliability is prohibitive. Same goes for switches and link-layer security. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas H. Ptacek Secure Networks, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.enteract.com/~tqbf "If you're so special, why aren't you dead?"
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- Re: Q on external router Vinci Chou (Apr 22)
- Re: Q on external router Bennett Todd (Apr 22)
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- Re: Q on external router Eric Vyncke (Apr 23)
- Re: Q on external router tqbf (Apr 23)
- Re: Q on external router Eric Vyncke (Apr 24)
- Re: Q on external router tqbf (Apr 24)
- Re: Q on external router Vinci Chou (Apr 22)
- RE: Q on external router Andrew J. Luca (Apr 24)
- Re: Q on external router Marcus J. Ranum (Apr 23)
- Re: Q on external router tqbf (Apr 23)
- Re: Q on external router Paul D. Robertson (Apr 24)
- Re: Q on external router Eric Vyncke (Apr 24)
- Re: Q on external router tqbf (Apr 24)