Re: should I encrypt over a private network?
- From: marlow.andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:01:17 -0700 (PDT)
Ertugrul Söylemez wrote:
marlow.andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Suppose a company has 2 sites, A and B, one is primary, the other is
secondary for DR reasons. A and B are separated significantly
geographically. Both A and B use a SAN for their data. A and B are
connected by a private network. The SAN data is replicated between A
and B over this private network using some replication product.
The network is only being private in that selected people are given
access to it
No, not in this case. I should have been clearer. It is private
because there is dedicated circuitry. It really IS a private network,
NOT a VPN.
In practice, the network is
just as open as all geographically diffused networks. Someone may
install wiretaps or even just connect to the network like all others.
I was worried about breaches originating via inside jobs. Since the
circuitry is private no-one else can connect to it easily. Wiretaps
are still a possibility.
So indeed, your worries aren't unfounded. Usually it's best to encrypt
the link using your VPN product of choice, like OpenVPN.
This is not a VPN. My understanding (and I am a beginner here) is that
all VPNs use encryption as std.
-Andrew Marlow
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