Re: Security over SONET/SDH

[Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>]

On 6/23/2013 9:18 PM, Glen Turner wrote:
> On 23/06/2013, at 1:21 PM, William Allen Simpson wrote:
>
> > What security protocols are folks using to protect SONET/SDH? At
> > what speeds?
>
>
> "Excuse me NSA, can I have export approval for one KG-530 SDH
> encryptor?" What are the odds :-)
>
> And how would we know that the "export model" isn't simply providing
> a more convenient backdoor for the NSA?

I assumed that the latter is what "NSA Approved" means.



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