Re: [Sheflug] igmp packets...... it's getting worse....

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> Are you sure about bridges?  I thought the whole point of a bridge was
> to make physically separate networks look like a single one.
> 

Hmm...guess it depends on the bridge :) Yes bridges are meant to connect two 
segments (or seperate two segments), but many, IIRC, are vaguely intelligent 
and keep track of MAC's on each side of it so only traffic that needs to 
cross the bridge goes over.

> Unfortunately, the cops do not; spying on you is a lot more
> entertaining and profitable than trying to prevent pickpocketing in
> Picadilly.  Watch those laws carefully.  Note that Frenchmen do not
> have the right to use encryption, and the U.S. government's "Clipper"
> initiatives.

Umm...the French do, at least if my memory serves right. Not so long ago the 
restrictions on cryptography was removed totally from French law.

> 
>     Chris> plus they have silly amounts of data going over them.
> 
> Echelon is technically and probably financially feasible.
> 

..and is being investigated rather heavily by the EU (last I heard in the 
computing press). Lots of docs and links about Echelon at 
http://cryptome.org/cryptout.htm#Echelon

> 
> No.  Your paranoia is insufficient.  If you have sensitive
> communications, you probably also have a _specific_ sensitive
> correspondent (your bank, your lawyer, il capo di tutti capi,
> President Putin, "Monica", ...) and they can be targeted, too.  In
> fact, that's more likely than targeting you---due to their large
> traffic, such institutions are likely to be _less_ secure than
> you---and history indicates that they are less aware of the problem
> than the average denizen of ShefLUG.

My paranoia is sufficient for me :)

It all comes down to how paranoid you are about having your comms 
intercepted. I don't do anything (I don't think so anyway ... and why is that 
black sedan parked outside? *grin*) that I'm paranoid about.

Chris...


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