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I no longer worry about the backbone sniffers - that's like drinking from a firehouse the size of 3 Gorges Dam. You can't surreptitiously consume that much I/O.

I'm much more concerned about small targeted stuff in data centers and colo cages, sniffing just a few backend servers, behind the SSL terminator. Or, you know, just 'select * from creditcardinfo';...



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