Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:2067 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:5682 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!vsi1!octopus!avsd!childers From: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Network Security Summary: authentication == overhead; security == huge logfiles Keywords: network security virus Message-ID: <316@avsd.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 88 22:14:29 GMT References: <26314@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Reply-To: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) Organization: AMPEX Corporation, Redwood City, CA Lines: 22 In article <26314@bu-cs.BU.EDU> kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) writes: > In order to have secure networks, we need network routing >information exchange and network management protocols that are >authenticated, robust, and secure against spoofing and malicious >disruption. And dedicated storage for detailed traffic logs ... > We need some *serious* authentication capability in SNMP. I hope it's not mandatory ... it adds overhead that's not always needed. > Kent England, Boston University -- richard -- * Black holes are out of sight * * * * ..{amdahl|decwrl|octopus|pyramid|ucbvax}!avsd.UUCP!childers@tycho * * AMPEX Corporation - Audio-Visual Systems Division, R & D *