Question about the terms "encypt" and "secure"

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At 12:35 PM -0500 3/5/06, William L. Anderson wrote:

> My question is whether it's more accurate to say "secure their network"
> rather than "encrypt". I'm not clear myself about the meaning of these
> terms; I think of encryption as being one way to make a network secure.

Another way that was described some years ago was Marine Guards every 5
feet down the Thick Ethernet cable to prevent unauthorized taps.  Of
course that was by someone in the cryptographic business :-)
-- 
Larry Kilgallen