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Re: How automate firewall tests
From: "Tina Bird" <tbird () precision-guesswork com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:06:17 -0700
The "take whole classes of problems off the table" approach is what engineers consider elegance of design. It's that kind of elegance that is mostly lacking in how we do operating systems and security system design, today.
i suspect there's a metalayer of usefulness here, as well. one could conceivably *argue* about which starting assumptions were chosen for a specific application. but the mere fact that the designer can state, in simple sentences, what the starting assumptions *are* suggests a level of careful thought that i have never seen in most of the marketing literature i've read over the years. if a vendor can't tell me, in buzzword-free yet technically-comprehensible english, what the problem is that they're trying to solve, it's a fair bet that i won't be interested. high tech, plain english. cheers - tbird _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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