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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by jacquesm on Saturday March 11, 2017 @12:44PM (#13846293)
> I have periodically seen ideas for logging systems that use a 100BT (not Gigabit) Ethernet connection with the Tx pair cut

That would only work with unidirectional protocols. Scratch TCP/IP and probably even UDP since it would need to figure out the MAC address of the other side.

If you're going to do this you essentially have a one-way high speed serial link without the ability to error-correct.

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Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works by Neliquat on Saturday March 11, 2017 @01:07PM (#13846393)
Checksums and redundant data would mostly solve that. Look what we do for deep space transmissions for example, where latency makes it basically one-way. I just feel like there are too many variables still uncontrolled to make it worthwhile.
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