From owner-freebsd-security Wed Sep 8 1:10:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from guppy.pond.net (guppy.pond.net [205.240.25.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332B014F6C for ; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 01:10:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmp@aracnet.com) Received: from aracnet.com (snapuser2-89.pacificcrest.net [216.36.34.89]) by guppy.pond.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA11745; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 01:03:48 -0700 (PDT) From: dmp@aracnet.com Message-ID: <37D61900.E0E8144C@aracnet.com> Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 01:06:24 -0700 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Wyatt Cc: David Miner , "Rodney W. Grimes" , ck@adsu.bellsouth.com, bryan@valiant.cis.hcc.cc.il.us, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org James Wyatt wrote: > > There are nice 10bT to fiber (fibre in the UK) converters in the BlackBox > catalog (catalogue). You chould put these oh-so-close to the router or > switch in the equipment space - maybe even braid the 10bT cables to > confuse any listeners there. Then 10bF cards in the machines ensure no EMI > emitted in the unsecure area. - Jy@ You'll still have EM leakage at the converter and insecure traffic. Plus, you can tap a fibre line almost as easily as you can tap a UTP line. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message