Thurman, Thanks for this great info. It still seems a bit pricy, but we may have to end up going with it...
Thanks Kevin --- Thurman Pedigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok. Let me try one more step. Agree there is some > confusion - T1 has been > around along time and is used in a variety > applications (with many name > modifications). Imagine 24 telphone lines each with > a 64k modem and bonded > into one data channel 1.536 mbps. Or just think of a > trunk with 24 > distributed telephone lines. Both exampls are > applications of T1. Or you > could have a T1 with 8 phone lines and the other 1/2 > (768kbps) used as a > data channel. This only a fraction of the > versitility of T1. > > We manage two T1's - one as a connection to an ISP > (through a firewall) and > another one point to point at home. Actually, I > prefer the term "nailed > down" (also called "private line")T1, "however point > to point" is more > common usage. Nailed down is a cleaner term when > talking with someone who > knows what it means and it is pretty much considered > "locked down" and > secure. > > The advantage of T1, aside from security, is it has > been around a long time > and there is a lot of used equipment at great prices > (Ebay). We connected > via AT&T Paradyne DSU and a Ciscopro router (with > Lan port) for something > like 25% of what the Telcom charges. We also did our > own programing and > wiring (needs a crossover cable), after the Telcom > installed a Hyperedge > box. My advantage is to have two sons pretty > sophisticated in networks and > telephone systems. > > Bottom line - T1 has been around a long time and is > probably the most stable > of all phone connections. It can be secure, it can > be connected to public > networks - not secure. Equipment is affordable. It > can be "full" T1 or it > can be fractional (price dependant). The tarrif is > typically based on how > far (miles) the line travels. All these iterations > may pass through multiple > swithces. It is up to the telcom to assure security. > Certainly it is more > secure than a phone conversation. > > Sorry if trying for brevity confounded things. > Welcome any comments or > corrections of this post. > > Thanks, > > thurman > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:hardhats- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Cable One > > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:06 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Hardhats-members] RE: T1s and security > > > > I won't harp on this again... I promise. There > seems to be a lot of > > confusion about this and it can have bad > consequences if the wrong > > assumptions are made. > > > > Thurman, you're right a T1 is a hardwired (maybe) > connection between two > > locations. The network topology that you describe > is secure because of the > > topology not because it is a T1. The T1 is just a > time domain digitally > > multiplexed carrier of 24 64kb/sec DSOs. These > DSOs can be agregated for a > > full 1.54 Mb connection or can be sub-agregated > (fractional). They can > > carry > > voice and/or data. > > > > Let me describe a T1 that is NOT secure. It is the > one in my office. I > > have > > a T1 connection, the other end of which in located > in the offices of a ISP > > that belongs to some friends. The have an OC3 > (45Mb/sec) connection that I > > get to put my mail server on. This T1 is private > in the sense that it > > carries only what I put on it, but it is NOT > secure because it IS part of > > the public packet switched network we call the > Internet. > > > > I would not assume that because you have a T1 that > it is secure and that > > firewalls are note required. Not to plug my own > profession too much, but > > it > > is a good idea to have a network engineer look at > your WAN design before > > you > > run medical data on it. > > Thurman's T1, as he describes it, is secure > because they are bringing the > > internet into the network through another channel, > and his T1 is already > > behind a firewall. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Donald R. 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