On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Laura A. Robinson wrote: > As I said, you're being pedantic. Extremely so, at this point. SANS, for
No, I'm being accurate- it's like the difference between saying "The true meaning of baud is bits per second" and saying "The popular meaning of baud is bits per second." One of the statements is facutally correct, the other isn't. Your choice of the term true was in error, get over it. > one, doesn't agree with your rigid definition. Perhaps you should take the My definition isn't as rigid as yours, mine says the "true" definition of DMZ is the network that's outside the firewall and inside the border router- look at the term itself- DMZ's are behind a defensive perimeter. I readily agree that it's not the "popular" definition, but that still doesn't make it the true one, unless you're willing to redefine the use of the term true as well. You say that you have the only real definition, you're mistaken. > task of bringing the world to your point of view to them. > > http://rr.sans.org/firewall/DMZ.php (A) SANS isn't the keeper of the definitions, and (B) even on their own site, you'll see the term "Service network" for example: http://rr.sans.org/firewall/net_add2.php > My definition was *quite* accurate. Your responses, however, indicate only No, with the qualifier of "true," your definition was inaccurate. > truculence and intractibility. If you secure your network in the same > manner, then you're in for a few surprises. As I said in my original I've probably been securing networks longer than you've been out of high school- I doubt you've seen anything that would surprise me. > response, a true DMZ may also lie between two firewalls. My statement was > accurate, and your insistence has now just become ridiculous. Without the qualifier "true," your statement would have been accurate, it wasn't. Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions [EMAIL PROTECTED] which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
