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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:27
Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
17 Feb 1999 12:29:59 -0500
Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com> writes:
> Perry writes:
> > > Or consider a packet router, these are then much too slow.
> >
> > Routers are not usually used as endpoints for encryption.
> >
> > Except in the addled minds of certain people, that is.
>
> I don't know what your second comment refers to, so I assume I'm missing
> some context here,
Yeah, this was a reference to a discussion elsewhere.
> but there certainly are configurations for which it
> *does* make sense to use a router as a cryptographic endpoint. Simple
> IPSEC-based VPNs come to mind as an obvious example.
Sure, that makes sense. Can you imagine some backbone router at
MAE-East being involved, though?
Perry
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:27