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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:15:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        madscientist@thegrid.net (The Mad Scientist)
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Syslog over serial
Message-ID:  <199910080115.VAA19639@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991005185332.009763d0@mail.thegrid.net> from The Mad Scientist at "Oct 5, 1999 06:54:25 pm"

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The Mad Scientist wrote,
> I figured all the normal rules of tcp/ip applied to a ptp connection over 
> parallel. This means that I've created a connection across my inner 
> firewall. I suppose one solution would be to run ipfw on the logging host 
> and allow only udp-port-514-traffic in. Of course, I might as well be 
> using ethernet. ^_^ Parallel lines add some protection from snooping 
> though.

How does a peer-to-peer parallel connection offer more protection from
snooping that a peer-to-peer crossover cable?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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