Re: Recurrent question
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Re: Recurrent question

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net>
Date: Fri Dec 16 2005 - 23:08:41 CET

Kerodo wrote:
> In article <40g0bdF196jroU2@individual.net>, usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net says...
>> Kerodo wrote:
>>> He can be somewhat interesting, however, his stance and arguments
>>> are way too black and white. He leaves no room for anything else..
>>> which is not good.
>>
>> Security is binary. Either you are secure in a given scenario, or you
>> are not. There's no middle ground.
>
> Nonsense..

Nope.

> Things will always be changing, and although you may be secure one
> day, tomorrow you may not.

Read again. I wrote "in a given scenario" for a reason. If the scenario
changes, you have to re-evaluate your measures. However, that does in no
way change the binary nature of security.

cu
59cobalt

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Received on Fri Dec 23 20:08:08 2005