REVIEW: "Misconceptions" thread in a.c.security and c.security.firewalls

From: Dave Thornburgh (dave-thorn@nodash.adelphia.net)
Date: 01/14/03 

From: "Dave Thornburgh" <dave-thorn@nodash.adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 04:35:23 GMT

"JR" wrote ...
> What some contributors to this newsgroup seem to need, is a better
> understanding of the devices and technologies commonly referred to here.

<rant>
I read the entire thread to this point in time, and can't resist the urge to
throw in my two cents.

I would try to calculate mathematically the value of JR's post relative to
any post by Tracker, but division by zero is not defined. Suffice it to
say, his post wasn't perfect, but it was WAY better than some other crap
around here.

A lot of the meat in his post did go directly towards correcting
misinformation being spread by Tracker (and, unwittingly, by others who are
not quite precise enough in their posts), and hopefully the lurking newbies
can digest & evaluate this info for themselves. I would assume that any
luser with half a brain (at that, more than I've got sometimes) could see
who to believe.

IMHO, posts like JR's are much more welcomed than responses to the troll -
at least he opened a discussion!
</rant>

Dave

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