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Date:      Mon, 6 Sep 1999 23:20:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Javier Henderson <javier@KJSL.COM>
To:        dmp@aracnet.com
Cc:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption?
Message-ID:  <14292.44688.380092.659018@bogon.kjsl.com>
In-Reply-To: <37D4AB40.AEE4C2EA@aracnet.com>
References:  <39480.936682378@noop.colo.erols.net> <37D4AB40.AEE4C2EA@aracnet.com>

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 > > > 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?

	DEC used to have something called DESNC. I've no idea
if it exists or not still, but it does (did) what you want.

-jav


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