From: David Barak (no email)
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 11:11:48 EST
--- Iljitsch van Beijnum <> wrote:
> If you can then enforce the port->MAC->IP mappings
> you're pretty much
> bullet proof. I know there are switches that can
> handle the port->MAC
> part. An alternative for the MAC->IP part would be
> the TCP MD5 option
> or IPsec.
>
>
I guess it's true that everything old is new again:
isn't this effectively circuit-switching? If you're
dedicating network elements to particular hosts in a
non-dynamic manner, doesn't that make your
infrastructure effectively a PBX, where moving
{device} from one room to the next requires a a
technician's assistance?
-David Barak
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