Hey Paul, Just go ahead and edit the Wiki page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack> !
Isaac > On 14 May 2018, at 2:31 PM, 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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