RE: Firewall hits/unknown ports

["Barber, Chris" <cbarber () criticalIP com>]

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there are no such thing as stupid questions in this industry.
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I agree with one minor exception:  The only stupid question is the one that
is not asked.  In grade school on through college, in all of the trade
schools and Training /educational institutes there is one that I hear
repeated over and over again.  I took count one time in a MS training class.
It was a 5 day class from 8:00am to 4:30pm and the instructor asked the
class at least 2 times every hour "Any questions?"

Questions are the fundamental means of learning.  And these lists are a very
good means of doing that.  If some one asks a question there are many
reasons why they ask.  The good thing is that they are asking.  The better
thing is that there are many people that have more experience out there that
can help.  I myself do not have all of the answers (nor do I want them), but
I love the thought that if I have a question I can go to the list(s) and ask
it without being ranted, spammed, or otherwise, abused because some one
thinks that my question is to broad or to revealing, or just plain stupid.

Everyday some one writes a piece of code and gets unexpected results.
Everyday there is a new entry in a log that some one has not seen before.
Everyday some one learns something new because of a question asked.

Please do not slam someone for a question they have asked, because that may
be you tomorrow.

*stepping down off the soap box*

Chris.

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