On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:29:10 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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?
Yes, but you were not in breach of protocol. > > 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. You had already broken protocol. > > 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. What 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. That depends how you define sentience, but yes, humans often exhibit more, but only where they know to do so. The same is true of a well designed computer program. > > 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. True, and disconnection from business transaction was equally as rapid as the rejection of communication after the generation of a 404 error. > > 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. HAHA, thank you :D _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
