Re: Let's Do the CoC Right

On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:00:27 +0000
Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj> wrote:

> On 23 January 2016 at 21:59, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm reminded of a person on a computer on a no-Internet-connection
> > LAN saying that everyone needs equal protection from firewalls.
> > Ummm, no. The Internet connected firewall has many, many more
> > attempts made against it than the guy on the island LAN.
>
> Did I say we all need equal protection? No. I said we're all entitled
> to the same level of protection.

The preceding two sentences form a distinction that will need some
elaboration.

> I'm also making the point that your
> Island guy might have a mobile phone that's linked to his computer
> that you don't know about and you're assuming that cos he's on an
> island he has no right to have an opinion on firewalls.

Come on, the preceding is contrived to the point of being silly. You
know exactly what I mean.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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