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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Notes on the Internet for Bell Heads
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Randy Bush wrote: > > I don't know which is scarier. Lucent/Bell Labs trying to design > > the next generation Internet architecture, or Cisco trying to > > design the next generation DCN/SS7 architecture. > > the contest is keen. for a nice view of this insanity fueled by > greed, paranoia, greed, and oh greed, see the ieprep wg of the > ietf. http://www.bell-labs.com/news/features/jaffe.html Impact of Optical, MPLS According to Jaffe, advances in network architecture and technology now coming out of Lucent and other companies may have a profound impact on cyber-security in future networks deployed by both service providers and enterprises. "Three or four years ago, all-optical switching was considered science fiction, but Lucent is providing a path to that reality with the LambdaRouter," he said. "All-optical networks don't exist yet, but they are coming, and they will greatly reduce vulnerability. "It's very hard to intercept individual packets in an all-light network because they aren't queued in output buffers at intermediate nodes. And a lightwave network gives you a better idea of where the packets have come from, which is a problem with the Internet routing protocols today's data networks use." I'm afraid this is one of those things I need help translating. I don't understand how an all-optical network improves the security of the IP layer. At best this is "improving" the security of the least vulnerable part of the network. But I could be wrong, and I'm willing to be educated.
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