Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption?

Gary Palmer (gpalmerfreebsd.org)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 01:32:58 -0400

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dmparacnet.com wrote in message ID
<37D496A5.A0576E0Faracnet.com>:
> Is it possible to encrypt ethernet packets so that all layers above
> layer 2 would be encrypted? The idea I had was to make a device that
> could defeat a TCP sniffer by encrypting the IP headers. Is this
> doable? Viable? A reinvention of the wheel?

How would you route the traffic? No routers would be able to pass the
traffic.

If you are doing this for a local LAN, I suggest you have bigger
problems :)

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