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Michael Richardson wrote:
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>   Recently,
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> >>>>> "Jon" == Jon McCown <jmccown@icsa.net> wrote:
>     Jon> RED Node/Red Net - A red network is (most simply) a private
>     Jon> network which has an IPSEC gateway connecting it to another
>     Jon> network.  Red nodes are non-IPSEC hosts which are connected
> 
>   Alas, I wrote:
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>    red interface
>       is the interface that is exposed to the Internet
>    black interface
>       is the interface that is connected only to the internal network
> 
>   I'd like to do a straw poll. I'd like to come up with a clear,
> simple set of terms for things. "Public network" and "private network"
> are pretty clear. Should we lose the "red" "black", and go for just
> "public" and "private", or should one even discard that and use
> "encrypted" and "clear"??
> 

I guess I'd vote for public/private, because the meaning seems quite
clear. However, we can't always assume that traffic into the gateway
from the private side is cleartext. For example, I may want to encrypt
my session to the gateway so that other users on my net can't see what
I'm up to.
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