The problem as I see it, is that the routes would have to be rebuilt EVERY time, and that would eat up precious network traffic. Am I wrong here people?
Robert Clark MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+ MIS - Texas Cellular > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of John Oliver > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Secure desktop idea? > > > A thought just occurred to me... desktop systems (and even > some servers) could be almost completely secure if there was > a way to dynamically allocate and de-allocate routes. If > your system has no default route, it ought to be safe from > any TCP-based attack. If routes to remote networks could be > dynamically added as needed, and then removed, it seems that > it would be virtually impossible for an outsider to even see > that the host exists, let alone be able to root it. > > Ideas? Am I just way off the deep end here? :-) > > -- > John Oliver > System Administrator > hosting.com, an Allegiance Telecom company > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (858) 637-3600 > http://www.hosting.com/ >
