The other point that's been missed here is that the security-by-hiding
argument is only part of the story. Stable address space for
intermittently connected networks, unambiguous address space for VPNs,
and stable identifiers for multihoming, are also needed. Whatever your
religion on the hiding
Brian E Carpenter wrote:
The other point that's been missed here is that the security-by-hiding
argument is only part of the story. Stable address space for
intermittently connected networks, unambiguous address space for VPNs,
and stable identifiers for multihoming, are also needed. Whatever
Michel Py [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since I'm so dumb explain me why isn't the good car lock installed on
every car yet? It's not like the car lock problem is new. And why isn't
your miracle security setup installed on every network? We have a word
for people such as yourself that claim
Eliot Lear wrote:
Brian E Carpenter wrote:
The other point that's been missed here is that the
security-by-hiding
argument is only part of the story. Stable address space for
intermittently connected networks, unambiguous address
space for VPNs,
and stable identifiers for
I fear this discussion is headed in the wrong direction as far as the
decisions in this group. You are of course right that filtering (by
private or public addresses) at a border is not sufficient security. But
it DOES remove some unwanted traffic. Is this relevant to local addressing
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