[aklug] Re: hardware for super cheap (but small) linux router?

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Wed Jun 13 2012 - 08:34:23 AKDT

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Jim Courtney wrote:

> You're right Arthur, I've been in my own little world so long I didn't
> really consider the implications of being on a carrier network other
> than the one I'm using, where I know exactly where L2 traffic dead-ends.
> If the carrier were out to get me, I would have much bigger problems.

Your sarcasm is noted, but it doesn't change the facts. A L2 device
controlled by a third party is sitting directly on your internal network.
Nothing else really needs to be said. Your security is partly based on an
implicit trust in your carrier, not by design.

No offense intended, Jim.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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