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Re: The view from the other side of the fence

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rajesh Talpade)
Wed Mar 13 06:35:43 2002

From: Rajesh Talpade <rrt@research.telcordia.com>
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To: sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 06:34:28 -0500 (EST)
Cc: scott@xgcic.net (Scott Madley), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.40.0203130538440.5480-100000@clifden.donelan.com> from "Sean Donelan" at Mar 13, 2002 05:51:46 AM
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A network is only as secure as its weakest link....

sounds like a cliche, but am afraid this least-common-denominator rule
will hold as networks converge.

rajesh.

"--- begin message from Sean Donelan ---"
> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Scott Madley wrote:
> > Let's face it as the industry moves towards a more converged state, we
> > haven't even really begun to consider the security implications that
> > present themselves in this new enviroment.
> 
> With convergence, do you think we will get the best security practices
> from both worlds, or the worst?
> 
> 

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