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FreeBSD Security Archives: Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption?

Re: Layer 2 ethernet encryption?

dmparacnet.com
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 23:05:52 -0700

Gary Palmer wrote:
>
> 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.

The network in question doesn't use IP-based routing.

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

You're right, I do have bigger problems. Like deep paranoia among
the users of the LAN.

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