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RE: OMB: IPv6 by June 2008

  • From: Kuhtz, Christian
  • Date: Thu Jul 07 13:50:40 2005 
> > Compare with SSL (works out-of-the-box in 99.999% cases,
> > and allows both, full and hard security with root certificates etc,
or
> > simple security based on _ok, I trust you first time, then we can
> > work_.
> 
> If I'm on the same shared medium as you I can kill your SSL session
> with one packet.

Only if shared medium = vanilla CSMA/CD Ethernet or the like.

Just because 'transport' is shared, doesn't mean you as the consumer of
information carried by the network have visibility.


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