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Re: IPv6, IPSEC and DoS


From: David Barak <thegameiam () yahoo com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:11:48 -0800 (PST)



--- Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com> wrote:

If you can then enforce the port->MAC->IP mappings
you're pretty much 
bullet proof. I know there are switches that can
handle the port->MAC 
part. An alternative for the MAC->IP part would be
the TCP MD5 option 
or IPsec.



I guess it's true that everything old is new again:
isn't this effectively circuit-switching?  If you're
dedicating network elements to particular hosts in a
non-dynamic manner, doesn't that make your
infrastructure effectively a PBX, where moving
{device} from one room to the next requires a a
technician's assistance?

-David Barak


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