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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Custom Wireless Solution
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, John Kristoff wrote: > Mike Schoenecker wrote: > > if one is prone to be paranoia, using both [1] and [2] probably makes sense. > > Except that it is currently impractical for many sites since it requires > an entirely Cisco end-to-end shop including the Cisco (or Microsoft's) > RADIUS server. Since all these products are bridges, wouldn't it make sense to just have an Open/FreeBSD box at either end with two nics? Both os's can do IPSEC tunnels, and both end nodes will only be bridging a single MAC address. You end up with a "clean" network design (since you've got an actual endpoint or 'router') and you can encrypt your traffic with a bit more confidence than with the WEP stuff... Charles > John >
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