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Re:“What Is That Box?” – When The NSA Shows Up At Your Inter... by Terretta on Saturday July 20, 2013 @01:28AM (#6074412)
I'd say from technical or engineering POV it's a whole lot less hassle and less likely to break things to just mirror a switch port.
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Re:“What Is That Box?” – When The NSA Shows Up At Your Inter... by wmf on Saturday July 20, 2013 @01:46AM (#6074440)
A switch port tends to carry traffic for multiple customers. Supposedly Carnivore does minimization, but I think companies like Google would rather collect data themselves to make sure it's done right.
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