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Re: update
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:22:57 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>
The problem is, before it is an entirely correct statement to assert that a zero entropy system never develops new vulnerabilities, you have to expand the boundaries of the "system" to include the entire planet.Incorrect. The whole planet does not directly affect the system. Well, that is not entirely true. There could be an earthquake that knocks the building down. Presumably you have mitigations in place for that -- usually a continuity and recovery plan. The planet could also be struck by a meteor causing an extinction level event to occur. There would probably be no need to mitigate that.
"The Internet is the only endeavour of man in which a single-character typographical error in a file on a computer on the other side of the planet *which you do not even know exists* can take your entire business off line for the better part of a day." -- Someone, in the wake of the (I think) Turkish YouTube BGP hijacking; damn if I remember who. I might be embellishing. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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- Re: update, (continued)
- Re: update Jimmy Hess (Sep 27)
- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 27)
- Re: update Kenneth Finnegan (Sep 28)
- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 27)
- Re: update Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 28)
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- Re: update Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 27)
- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 27)
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- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 28)
- Re: update Jay Ashworth (Sep 28)
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- Re: update Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 29)
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- Re: update William Herrin (Sep 27)
- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 28)
- Re: update Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 28)
- RE: update Keith Medcalf (Sep 28)
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