Re: Q on external router

From: tqbfat_private
Date: Fri Apr 24 1998 - 00:24:44 PDT

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    > Even more unfair... I agree with you regarding Vmailer/sendmail but
    > I would compare sendmail = hub and vmailer = switch. The former
    
    And you would be wrong.
    
    VMailer is *specifically and explicitly designed* to be more secure than
    Sendmail.
    
    The point that Adam Shostack is making, and that I am agreeing vigorously
    with, is that switches are NOT *specifically designed* to be more secure
    than hubs. The fact that the process of switching Ethernet makes sniffing
    attacks harder is a side effect, not a design goal. 
    
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