The difference is it will "know" that this is an abnormal situation
(although intended in some cases e.g. testing) Think of it like this. If
you are sitting in a public place & someone sitting next to you walks off
leaving their wallet, 99 people out of 100 would consider that this is not
what that person inteded to do. They would then say "Hey! Did you mean to
leave this?" For the 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000 who "did not care" or "it was
not their wallet to begin with" should we all stop asking? I think not.
OTOH Some confirmation screens drive me crazy! :>)
*-----Original Message-----
*From: Ron DuFresne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 10:45 AM
*To: Larry Paul
*Cc: Saso Virag; firewalls_list
*Subject: RE: Emily's response to the rumors
*
*
*
*Why does this leave me with the aftertase of trying to uninstall an M$
*application, that will taunt and ask me 3-5 times if I'm sure I want to do
*what I told the damned thing to do twice already?
*
*Thanks,
*
*Ron DuFresne
*
*On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Larry Paul wrote:
*
*> The Universe produces them faster & faster. (us idiots) Security expert:
*> Yesterday I couldn't spell it, today I are one :>) Another reason for
*> considering AI in security. That cold, hard voice ringing out
*"EXCUSE ME!!
*> EXCUSE ME!!! Are you sure you want to leave this configured like this?? "
*> "Phew, No! Thanks Robby."
*> The universe is bounded, unfortunately human stupidity is not.
*>
*> *-----Original Message-----
*> *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*> *[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Saso Virag
*> *Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 8:32 PM
*> *To: Firewalls list
*> *Subject: Re: Emily's response to the rumors
*> *
*> *
*> *In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
*> *[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
*> *>Again,
*> *>
*> *>I remember this thread a while back. Weren't the Checkpoint
*reps also a
*> *>tad upset this summer at BlackHat ?? I thought Checkpoint FW-1
*> *was the most
*> *>misconfigured firewall deployed, or am I mistaken.. :)
*> *
*> *Yes, it used to be misconfigured out of the box (the last version
*> *I played with was 4.0, so I can't really talk about current version).
*> *After all these years people are talking how badly FW-1 is misconfigured
*> *out of the box and CP actually not doing a thing about it, I came to a
*> *conclusion that they do it in order for fresh firewall admins (every
*> *second there are 10 born) to troubleshoot their first configuration and
*> *learn something out of the process.
*> *
*> *It's a strong message saying 'If you want a security device, you'll have
*> *to tinker around with it a bit more than it takes to rack the box (and
*> *install the software)'.
*> *
*> *Saso
*> *
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