Transferring log files, used as forensic evidence, comes to mind.
Any kind of paperwork, tables, etc. associated with network
configuration - particularly if you're trying to preserve changes.
On 1/11/18 10:22 AM, Tom Beecher wrote:
"Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do
that in computer networking?"
This is the most important question to ask. Everything else is just
buzzwordy shenanigans.
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:52 AM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Glen Kent <glen.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
Do folks on this list see blockchain technology making inroads into the
networking? I can see blockchain being used to secure the SDN environment
where blockchain will allow encrypted data transfers between nodes (ones
hosting different applications, the SDN controller, the data plane
devices)
regardless of the network size or its geographical distribution.
Hi Glen,
I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where blockchain does that any
better than plain old PKI.
Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do
that in computer networking?
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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