Re: BGP and Firewalls...

["Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:36 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:

> I don't think you're looking at defense in depth in the right way,

Actually, it sometimes seems as if nobody in the industry understands what 'defense in depth' really means, heh.

'Defense in depth' is a military term of art which equates to 'trading space for time in order to facilitate attrition 
of enemy forces'.  It does not have any real relevance to infosec/opsec; unfortunately, its original meaning has been 
corrupted and so it is widely (and incorrectly) used in place of the more appropriate 'combined arms approach' or 
'jointness' or 'mutual support' or 'layered defense' metaphors.  Hannibal's tactics at Cannae are generally cited as 
the canonical (pardon the pun) example of actual military defense in depth.

;>

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