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Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden
From: "Elmar K. Bins" <elmi () 4ever de>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:50:21 +0200
william () elan net (william(at)elan.net) wrote:
According to my sister (who works in that area as a regional water expert), tap-water is held to higher standards than bottled water. In Canada at least... ymmv.Yeah, gotta to clean it up from pollutants [spam, ddos], add antibacterial [antivirus] agents, check that the supply [latency] is not too low [high], make sure there are no leaks [anauthorized access].
In fact, the tap-water analogy is a very bad and at the same time a very good one. (1) In some countries, tap water is really pure and clean, often a lot better than what you can buy in bottles. This is especially true for Germany, Austria, and, according to Dragos, for Canada, too. The reason for the water quality here in ol' Europe is defined quality standards and ongoing tests. (2) In other countries, water companies are allowed to adhere to a lot less rigid standards. I was pretty surprised how awful water in the US midwest was. Full of chlorine and tasting dead. I still cannot believe, people drink it there every day (but they do, it's what Coke's made with there). So we do see differences here, some of which stem from the available water supplies in the area, and some of which are the effect of different defined standards and - inherently - jurisdiction. Countries are different, there is - legally spoken - no world-wide Internet. Everyone falls under the legislation of their home country (for various values of home...). And while we may not like it, this jurisdiction can be very different from mine. Or yours. Elmar. -- "Begehe nur nicht den Fehler, Meinung durch Sachverstand zu substituieren." (PLemken, <bu6o7e$e6v0p$2 () ID-31 news uni-berlin de>) --------------------------------------------------------------[ ELMI-RIPE ]---
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- Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden Elmar K. Bins (Apr 27)
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