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Re: IXP
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:27:50 -0700
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Steven M. Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> wrote:
I'm taking no position on the underlying argument; I'm simply stating that simplicity is an essential element for security. I like a philosophy I've seen attributed to Einstein: "everything should be as simple as possible, and no simpler".
Agreed -- and that reminds of the Dr. Who Maxim: "The more sophisticated the technology, the more vulnerable it is to primitive attack. People often overlook the obvious." Also, Voltaire: "Common sense is not so common.” - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFJ6m+lq1pz9mNUZTMRAoN8AKDTMNwoFDm+QGxfzNos0agHpetIHQCeOves q57FCgdaqbKKkrW5Ii/9P9Y= =Vc6Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
Current thread:
- Re: IXP, (continued)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP bmanning (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Jack Bates (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Dale Carstensen (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Ferguson (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Roland Dobbins (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Sean Donelan (Apr 19)
- Re: IXP Stephen Stuart (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Bill Woodcock (Apr 18)
- Re: IXP Paul Vixie (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Leo Bicknell (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Adrian Chadd (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Jack Bates (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Mike Leber (Apr 23)
- Re: IXP Stephen Stuart (Apr 24)