At 11:20 AM 01/07/97 -0700, osiris wrote:
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>A company that cannot make even the simplest implementations of IP
>secure are going to be offering a firewall. Now I've heard everything.
>Is this actually confirmed?
I very strongly suggest you read a book called
Extraordinary Popular Delusings and the Madnesses of Crowds
by Charles Mackay, LLD
It was published in 1841 and is still in print, which should tell you
something.
It is not 'fun' book, nor easy to read.
If it were written today publishers would refuse it because of its heavy
style and language, just like they would refuse Shakespear.
Even if you only read the first two chapters, 88 pages in my volume, you
will suffer various enlightenments.
I have no doubts that many companies will buy microsoft's firewall purely
because it comes from microsoft. We have already seen that they have turned
of their critical faculties and, to misquote Bonhoeffer, have decided
that "Bill Gates Is My Conscience".
I expect to make a lot of money in coming years.
Not only from InfoSec consulting, but also from Marcus Ranum's idea of
selling short companies which put themselves in a highly exposed position.
/anton
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