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Re: [saag] Is traffic analysis really a target (was Re: Is opportunistic unauthenticated encryption a waste of time?)

2014-08-25 00:22:41

On Aug 24, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Mark Andrews <marka(_at_)isc(_dot_)org> wrote:

In message 
<6461D9C5-8B0B-42D3-9877-32DB3E6150C6(_at_)standardstrack(_dot_)com>, Eric 
Burger writes:

we have an existence proof of the mess that happens when we make
all traffic look benign.

By its nature all non-benign traffic will want to *look* benign.

What makes me sad are the idiots with firewalls blocking access to all traffic 
other than TCP and UDP. We keep trying to make ourselves secure by limiting the 
standards support of the network instead of using a mix of techniques (defense 
in depth).

Sorry. Preaching to the choir I’m sure.

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