Traceroute or any other path diagnostics comes to mind. Dale
Thus spake Tom Beecher ([email protected]) on Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 12:22:43PM -0500: > "Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do > that in computer networking?" > > This is the most important question to ask. Everything else is just > buzzwordy shenanigans. > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:52 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Glen Kent <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do folks on this list see blockchain technology making inroads into the > > > networking? I can see blockchain being used to secure the SDN environment > > > where blockchain will allow encrypted data transfers between nodes (ones > > > hosting different applications, the SDN controller, the data plane > > devices) > > > regardless of the network size or its geographical distribution. > > > > > > > Hi Glen, > > > > I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where blockchain does that any > > better than plain old PKI. > > > > Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do > > that in computer networking? > > > > Regards, > > Bill Herrin > > > > > > -- > > William Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] > > Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> > >
