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Default Re: server was down all the weekend again... - 19-02-2004

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Originally Posted by memed
yes it is complex, but it was a carrier grade central internet gateway, it took about 1,5 man work years to make the concept. i was involved in the whole router and pix inband management stuff and resulting of this for all ip security but the aravox'es. all external business ip traffic (not endcustomer) went trough that single point of ip exchange.
Ok, THAT makes sense :-)

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Originally Posted by memed
AFAIK the aravox is still considered to be secure, it has a close-to-flawless design, but i didn't research for appliances of that scale lately.
They were indeed secure and really fast but their configuration is a real pain in the ass. That's why they went out of business...

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Originally Posted by memed
Onion Routing is considered to be the most reliable anonymizer techniqe developed by the Navy, based on 1981 studies from David Chaum.
http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/effect.../index.en.html
How does this technology fit into a security concept? I think it's counterproductiv as you as the security administrator want to know who is accessing your systems...
  
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