Re: Possible New Security Tool For FreeBSD, Need Your Help.

From: Rob Simmons (rsimmons@wlcg.com)
Date: 08/31/01 

Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:57:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>

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Oops, I forgot the ;)

Robert Simmons
Systems Administrator
http://www.wlcg.com/

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> [010831 16:51] wrote:
> > Why not require the incoming packets to be spoofed from a preordained set
> > of IP addresses to obfuscate it even more.
>
> Obfuscation isn't security, it is the illusion of it.
>
> --
> -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
> 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
> start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
>
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