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Re: IXP
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:11:14 -0400
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:12:24 +0000 Paul Vixie <vixie () isc org> wrote:
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:17:11 -0400 From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:58:24 +0000 bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:i make the claim that simple, clean design and execution is best. even the security goofs will agree."Even"? *Especially* -- or they're not competent at doing security.wouldn't a security person also know about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_spoofing
I'm taking no position on the underlying argument; I'm simply stating that simplicity is an essential element for security. I like a philosophy I've seen attributed to Einstein: "everything should be as simple as possible, and no simpler". And yes, I know about ARP spoofing... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
Current thread:
- Re: IXP, (continued)
- Re: IXP Stephen Stuart (Apr 17)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Jack Bates (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Dale Carstensen (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Ferguson (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Roland Dobbins (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Sean Donelan (Apr 19)
- Re: IXP Stephen Stuart (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Bill Woodcock (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Leo Bicknell (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Adrian Chadd (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Jack Bates (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Mike Leber (Apr 23)