Network security on multiple levels (was Re: NYT covers China cyberthreat)

Jack Bates jbates at brightok.net
Wed Feb 20 20:20:45 UTC 2013


On 2/20/2013 1:05 PM, Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> See thread: nanog impossible circuit
>
> Even your leased lines can have packets copied off or injected into 
> them, apparently so easily it can be done by accident.
>

This is especially true with pseudo-wire and mpls. Most of my equipment 
can filter based mirror to alternative mpls circuits where I can drop 
packets into my analyzers. If I misconfigure, those packets could easily 
find themselves back on public networks.

Jack




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