On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 17:49, Phillip Grasso <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Cheapest is ipsec and there's plenty of options there.

End-to-end crypto via IPsec or TLS/HTTPS is really the best option,
you then don't have to trust the network.

Also makes network engineers' lives easier - "I just shift the
packets, I don't know what's in them."

>There's cheaper companies that do macsec support. Arista is the other option 
>on major vendor options but there's a bunch of yumcha ones you can get if you 
>don't mind some foreign government's having your keys :-p
>
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2020, 5:30 pm Alex Samad, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Quick check of my network vendor , the equipment that has it is out of price 
>> range :(
>>
>> A
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 15:43, Phillip Grasso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> macsec is your best bet. Lots of vendors support it and is reasonably 
>>> mature. better if you pick one that allows dual keys, no downtime with 
>>> rotating keys or certs. Watch out bunch of platforms will HALVE or worse 
>>> the performance of your gear by turning on macsec. e.g. cisco rosco
>>>
>>> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 10:36, Alex Samad <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I find myself in the situation that I need to look at purchasing some DC 
>>>> to DC.  But I find I am not that well informed about whats available. what 
>>>> people are doing as best practise.
>>>>
>>>> Quick google doesn't fill me with lots of options.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So packetlight is the current recommended vendor (their 2000 option).  
>>>> Just looking to see whats to judge next to it
>>>>
>>>> Alex
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