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Re: solving the wrong problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Sun Aug 7 21:08:59 2005
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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:07:57 -0400
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: Dave Howe <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
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List@metzdowd.com:Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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Here's a thought:
"Putting up a beware of dog sign, instead of getting a dog."
On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 09:10:51PM +0100, Dave Howe wrote:
| Ilya Levin wrote:
| >John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
| >
| >>So, unless/until somebody comes up with a better metaphor,
| >>I'd vote for "one-picket fence".
| >
| >
| >"Nonsense fence" maybe less metaphoric but more clear.
| I disagree - "one picket fence" gives a clear impression of a protective
| device that is hardened at but one point - leaving the rest insecure.
| "nonsense fence" doesn't give any real image.
|
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