[Hosting] hub vs. switch

[Mike Johnson]

Chris Hedemark [chris.a.t.yonderway.com] wrote:
 
> I was just thinking, unless it is a programmable switch that allows you to
> have promiscuous sniffing on one port, we might want to go low tech and use
> a hub to give ourselves the option to implement NIDS at some point.

The switch that's been discussed is for the private network, not
the public.  As such, I really think we want the bandwidth that a
switch will provide.

We can always throw a hub in there later, if/when NIDS is added.

Mike
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