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Date:      Mon, 06 Sep 1999 23:22:36 -0700
From:      dmp@aracnet.com
To:        Javier Henderson <javier@KJSL.COM>
Cc:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption?
Message-ID:  <37D4AF2C.A850CEEA@aracnet.com>
References:  <39480.936682378@noop.colo.erols.net> <37D4AB40.AEE4C2EA@aracnet.com> <14292.44688.380092.659018@bogon.kjsl.com>

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Javier Henderson wrote:
>> 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.

Do you have the part/model names/numbers by any chance?


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