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

From: Jim Courtney <courtney@ieee.org>
Date: Wed Jun 13 2012 - 08:58:15 AKDT

No saracasm or offense at all here, I really do agree with you!

On 06/13/2012 08:34 AM, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> 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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