17 Jun
2010
17 Jun
'10
9:46 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:37:01 PDT, Steven Bellovin said:
What's your threat model? In general, proper anonymization of packet trace data is very hard.
I'll go out on a limb and point out that a large chunk of the difficulty is because every protocol has had to invent its own hack-arounds for working across a NAT. The resulting lack of standardization making things like Wireshark protocol examinations and sanitizing capture data is one of the less well-known reasons why NATs are evil. I'll cut FTP some slack - it dates back *so* far we can legitimately say we just didn't know any better way back in the Stone Age. ;)