Re: CAPWAP BOF follow up: nmrg - CAPWAP

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <BAY7-F123L5NDdDIb3g0001974f@hotmail.com>, "Bernard Aboba" writes:
>> > Secure boot would be a useful thing to have
>>
>>but how far does that go toward allowing me to deploy a mixed vendor
>>wireless network?
>
>Secure boot is an orthogonal issue.  It's what happens *after* the boot 
>imagine is loaded that is important for the purposes of interoperability.

I'd take a long look at the CableLabs secure boot/config before 
inventing a new one.  Their spec is by no means perfect, but it's a 
starting point for very hostile environments.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb