I'm pretty sure women are more interested pay equality, leadership, upskilling and just not being harassed over nitpicking on a word.
While I can appreciate the spirit of OP, there are bigger issues. Regards, Peter Tiggerdine On Mon, May 14, 2018, 14:31 Mark Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Did someone change rename Monday to Friday? > > Paul, you do realise that “Man” in “Man in the Middle” actually means > “person” > based of the dictionary definition of “man”? > > 2. a human being of either sex; a person. > > Mark > > > On 14 May 2018, at 2:20 pm, Chris Legg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well said! I'm just thankful I don't have to explain what "gender > changers" are anymore. > > > > On 14/05/2018 11:06 AM, Paul Wilkins wrote: > >> It's just dawned on me that in light of the clear gender imbalance in > our industry, and by way of a shout out to much overdue #MeToo reactions to > pussie grabbing malefactors, we need to move away from gender > discriminatory terminology, specifically, there is no reason why it should > be a Man perpetrating an insertion attack. We should recognise that the > perpetrator could just as easily be a woman as a man, and that henceforth > we should be calling these Person in the Middle Attacks. > >> > >> Where you look up the Wikipedia article which describes the Alice, Bob > scenario, with their communication being snooped on by the attacker > Mallory, in a curious serendepity, Mallory is a non gender specific Proper > Name, and can be a woman as easily as a man. > >> > >> Man in the Middle is a purely technical concept, where there is no > place for gender specification and serves no purpose but to perpetuate > gender stereotypes. In light of which, henceforth, thinking people should > rather refer to this vector as a Person in the Middle Attack. > >> > >> Kind regards > >> > >> Paul Wilkins > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AusNOG mailing list > >> > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AusNOG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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