[146494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ok;
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Mon Nov 14 19:06:54 2011
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:05:42 -1000
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
>
>>> On the other hand, since a firewall's job is to stop packets you
>>> don't want,
>>
>> One of Marcus Ranum's "5 Stupidest Security Blunders" - "enumerating
>> badness".
>> A firewall's job isn't to stop unwanted packets, it's to pass only
>> wanted packets.
>
> From 30,000ft those are equivalent.
Speaking of 30,000 ft., saw this on Dave Farber's IP list:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110897184785831382163/posts/5qsNxFEaiML
