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Subject: Piled Higher and Deeper
From: padgett @ tccslr . dnet . mmc . com (A. Padgett Peterson, P.E. Information Security)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 18:03:44 -0500
To: "firewalls @ greatcircle . com"@UVS1.dnet.mmc.com

>    Covering all the bases, and not just the new and interesting ones, is
>    what separates a security practitioner from a security theorist. There
>    are plenty of both.

:Of course some of us theorists actually cover far more of the bases than
:you practitioners who don't understand the underlying reasons that things
:are the way they are.

But then a practitioner who understands the theory (or the reverse) and who 
does not mind sharing it is better yet. Am a hobbyist myself.

>> Which harks back a little to the issue of degrees.  Ever run into an EE who
>> can't fix his toaster?

>I am an EE and I have fixed toasters

And a P.E. guarantees it 8*).
						Warmly,
							Padgett

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