Re: Castles and Security (fwd)

[Antonomasia <ant () notatla demon co uk>]

From: Lance Spitzner <lance () spitzner net>

> I like to compare network security to castles because I find the situations
> very similar.  Just like a castle, the badguys know where we are and that
> we are not going to move.  Networks, like castles, are most often static
> targets.  Also, it is very difficult for us to pre-emptively strike out
> at the badguys ...

This is not especially true of castles.  Josephus writes (in The Jewish War)
about many audacious attacks launched from Jerusalem under seige.   This is
not easily applied to network defences - but we could learn from this episode
of history not to fight among ourselves.

I recommend Paul L Maier's "Josephus The Essential Works".  ISBN 0-8254-3260-X

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