Frame Relay security

[dci]

Is Frame Relay less secure than a Point to Point T1 line?

By less secure I mean, should data be encrypted over Frame Relay because it is more accessible by others than those it is intended for. Also, is it more "hackable". I.E. could someone hack a frame relay setup more easily than they could a point to point line.

Thanks
Den

 

[jeter]

I think a frame relay circuit has better security than a PPP only because there are a few more variables. I know and actual have the equipment to tap into a frame and or a point to point. Jeter@LasVegas.com
J.Fisher CCNA

 

[jwtech]

All transport methods rely on the choosen carrier to provide security it is as much physical in nature as network based.
This will include the LEC and other provider selected.
Both Frame and PTP are private to you in a carriers network. A hacker would need physical acess to your local loops or the ability to Hack, if you will the carriers network.
Question of security should be directed to proposed service providers. Other factors are more important in determining Frame vs PTP links

 

[wybnormal]

You want security? get a black box encryption device.. one for each end. Frame is unecrypted.. in other words, frame does not *Do* anything to make the data more secure then when you left the router. Like Jeter said, I too have a sniffer that can grab raw frame frames(??) and decode them. If the info is in plain text, then I see it..

As someone who has spent time in the switch rooms of a major telco (a while back), I would not bank on the phyiscal security if you want to call it that.. nor would I bank on the "private" cloud theory. there is no promise that your frame cloud is frame all the way..more then likely it's not.. probably drops into ATM and it gets better if you cross LATA boundries.

Even the NSA/CIA/Govt which uses point to point hard lines still run everything through a "black box" ( red phone.. green phone)

MikeS
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin