17 Feb
2021
17 Feb
'21
5:45 a.m.
Sadly, the internet is no longer a "free for all" and we need to authenticate
devices as well as people....
... and TCP/IP predates and does not conform the ISO seven-layer model (remember its a
"model" not a set of rigid rules) no matter how much you try and bash it to fit
so you can sell to EU governments who want ISO conformance...
.. for example we normally do WiFi authentication some where down in the lower layers, and
many switches also authentic at the MAC level to prevent rouge devices...
Dave
G4UGM
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Subject: Re: [44net] ASN # and Network Service Provider (NSP)
Le 16/02/2021 à 14:02, Cliff Sojourner via 44Net a écrit :
User authentication and user authorization belong
in application layer,
there is no place for those in any network layer.
I don't know on which layer you could put it, but filtering access by source IP
is a commonly used technique in business networks for restricting access.
Of course, it's different from user authentication. But it can be useful as a
simple pre-authentication for a group of users : all users coming from a 44net
IP are licensed operators. Then, a simple firewall rule can grant them access
to the private parts of the network.
73 de TK1BI
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