Re: customers and web servers and level one naps

["Justin W. Newton" <justin () erols com>]

At 11:30 AM 9/10/96 -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Srinivasarao Mulugu wrote:
>
> > I know we do, Michael. And I have "their" answer. But they may not have 
> > the same experiences you did.
>
> > > > Have you had much experience, having the servers connect directly on
to a 
> > > > level-2 device like a FDDI-to Ethernet (e.g. catalyst) connector ?
and it 
> > > > security implications ?
>
> It's not a matter of experience. It's a matter of what a level-2 device is
> and how it normally works. There is no security at level 2.
>
> Therefore, you should only connect trusted pieces of equipment to a
> level-2 media unless it is being used as a point-to-point media. Lets use
> Ethernet as an example. If you connect a customer web server to an
> Ethernet then they can sniff any traffic that goes by and possibly do
> nasty things like spoofing. Even if they would never do such a thing they
> may be hacked by somebody who would do such a thing. So it is not a good
> idea to share a level 2 media in this way.

The MAE's are switches.  Unless you are sending super secret BROADCAST
traffic the security implications you are mentioning are non-existant.

Justin Newton
Internet Architect
Erol's Internet Services
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