On Jun 23, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Ted Lemon wrote: > >> That's correct. Ultimately the security of the client depends on the >> client being secure. Trying to secure the client by securing the >> network is a noble cause, but ultimately doomed to failure, because you >> can't control what networks the client connects to. > > No, I think you have it backwards. > > It is service providers that are interested in protecting their networks, in > this discussion. If they also happen to protect their clients, that is just a > nice byproduct. > > Service providers want to keep malicious clients from degrading their network.
as the former operator of some university residence hall networks, the goal is to minimize damage in a common l2 broadcast domain. Misconfigured or malicious users both cause similar sorts of damage, there's dramatically more of the former than the later. > Bert > > _______________________________________________ > v6ops mailing list > v6...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/v6ops > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
