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Lateral flows of data within a network, as opposed to traffic that goes through a gateway.

• danellis 11y ago
  Interesting. Never heard the term before.
  • deleted 11y ago
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  • RyJones 11y ago
    I think it's from American football - east/west is lateral movement, north/south towards/away from the goal lines. Apparently this has nothing to do with getting sun in your eyes. http://stupidquestionarchives.blogspot.com/2008/03/football-fields-oriented-north-south.html http://stupidquestionarchives.blogspot.com/2008/03/football-...
    • scurvy 11y ago
      I'd guess it more has to do with physical colo/datacenter layouts. Traffic moving between racks is considered east/west*. Traffic moving in and out of your routers (and through to the meet-me-room) would take place over fiber pairs up into the ceiling or down through the floor. Just a guess.