[1738] in bugtraq
Re: impossible vs. impractical
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Diego Zamboni)
Tue May 9 03:17:51 1995
From: diego@ds5000.dgsca.unam.mx (Diego Zamboni)
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 21:14:58 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <9505072157.AA20575@all.net> from "Dr. Frederick B. Cohen" at May 7, 95 05:57:28 pm
[Dr. Frederick B. Cohen said:]
> When you say "impossible" in a scientific context, [...]
Given that the list is for detailed practical discussion of real bugs
and security problems, I would assume that we're talking about
"impossible" in a practical context, rather that in a scientific
one. This, most of the time, is what you call "infeasible" in a
scientific context. I guess scanning a network with an electronic
microscope is not absoultely impossible, but certainly is practically
impossible (and yes, I'm taking it with humor :-) ).
Best regards.
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