Question about the terms "encypt" and "secure"

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At 6:04 AM -0800 3/6/06, Jeremy Epstein wrote:

> Encryption is one way to secure the *transport* on the network (subject to
> various caveats about appropriate use of crypto, trust issues, etc.).  I'd
> strongly disagree with anyone who says that encryption "makes a network
> secure" - because people interpret that to mean "if I encrypt the network, I
> don't need to do anything else".

I cannot think of any other _network_ security mechanisms that do not
also apply to securing a single multiuser machine.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen