Re: Security over SONET/SDH

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Christopher Morrow
<morrowc.lists () gmail com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:47 AM, William Allen Simpson
> <william.allen.simpson () gmail com> wrote:
> > On 6/23/13 12:48 AM, Scott Weeks wrote:
> > > By security protocol do you mean encrypting the traffic?
> > > Like what a Fastlane does?
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.gdc4s.com/Documents/Products/SecureVoiceData/NetworkEncryption/GD-FASTLANE-w.pdf
> > That's rather a surprising choice (ATM product) for an IP network.
> > Please describe what backbone you are running that uses a FASTLANE?
>
> I'd be surprised if a civilian org could buy a fastlane device,..
> maybe they moved out of the gov't only world though since the last
> time I saw one? It does claim to do oc-48 rate sonet though.

http://www.gdc4s.com/kg-530.html

claims 40gbps... I don't know that a purely civilian org can purchase
these though, nor the kg-75, despite these being on the GD site.

> > Hopefully, other folks are securing their PPP or ethernet packets?