> Apologies, please explain the lack of differences, I'm not getting them. Of course...
> Virtual: > "The door" - Port 80 - Closed after connection attempt. You come back, > it does the same, and then closes again. 404 Error not being > dissimilar to being told to get out. Firewall let Evol through to conduct web transaction. Does Mr James understand firewall? > Cops show up - As with the firewall, it does not actively stop you > from reconnecting. McDonalds staff did not prevent you from > re-entering the premesis themselves. McDonalds did not allow buisness transaction. > Measures in Both: > In the event of reconnection attempts the firewall logs would indicate > an attack and external policing would have to deal with the problem. I think Mr James, you miss the point. > As far as I can see it the only difference is scaling, you can make > many many millions of requests before a flood warning appears, whereas > you only need to refuse to leave a few times before the police are > called. I guess humans have less patience than computers. > > Of course I could be missing something? Yes, Firewalls and people are not equivalent. Information technology has no sentience Mr James. > Oh yeah, I did miss something, you can't "disconnect" someone from > being present in the building, as you can with a socket on a server. > But with reconnection scaling, is that really relevant? A little, > moreso in some circumstances, but not in this one. Mr James, some things may easily be described as disconnected. > Why complain about anologies when your response contains anaolgies > such as this one. Mr James, no complaints. Just empirical data. > Did you really go into McDonalds and harrass the staff today and get > taken away by the police? Please say yes, that would make my day. ROFL > :) Yes Mr James. It seems another lesson that learned may be is, person should never listen to PHD's. -Evol _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html