Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 23:05:52 -0700 From: dmp@aracnet.com To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption? Message-ID: <37D4AB40.AEE4C2EA@aracnet.com> References: <39480.936682378@noop.colo.erols.net>
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Gary Palmer wrote: > > dmp@aracnet.com wrote in message ID > <37D496A5.A0576E0F@aracnet.com>: > > Is it possible to encrypt ethernet packets so that all layers above > > layer 2 would be encrypted? The idea I had was to make a device that > > could defeat a TCP sniffer by encrypting the IP headers. Is this > > doable? Viable? A reinvention of the wheel? > > How would you route the traffic? No routers would be able to pass the > traffic. The network in question doesn't use IP-based routing. > If you are doing this for a local LAN, I suggest you have bigger > problems :) You're right, I do have bigger problems. Like deep paranoia among the users of the LAN. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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