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Re: [perpass] "Guide to intranet protection"?

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Wed, 27 November 2013 14:13 UTC

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On 11/27/2013 02:06 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
> Morning mid-coffee question:
> 
>      There have been some recent news articles about various major ISPs
> taking steps to encrypt their (internal) traffic.  These prompt me to
> wonder whether it would be practical and useful for the IETF to produce
> a basic draft that gives guidance to other ISP and enterprise operators
> about the steps they should take to protect their traffic.
> 
>      I'm assuming that providing meaningful protection takes a statement
> beyond "encrypt all your links".  Perhaps it doesn't, but I thought I'd
> ask...

I'd say that'd be a fine thing if we could get someone who'd
done that job to help write it.

S.

> d/

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