[80184] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Newton)
Wed Apr 27 02:25:04 2005
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:07:32 +0930
From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050426.230634.11519.517932@webmail04.lax.untd.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 06:06:22AM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
> -- Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:38:00PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > > So much for any sort of journalistic ethic, fact checking, or, unbiased
> > > reporting.
> > Schneier isn't a journalist or reporter; He's a security vendor.
>
> And you're a network engineer. What's your point?
Merely that Owen's expectation of "journalistic ethic, fact checking, or
unbiased reporting" was misplaced because his remarks are addressing
someone who has a vested interest in the outcome of the debate, not
an ethical, unbiased disinterested observer.
- mark
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