Eddy, My favorite idiom is; "You're either part of the problem or part of the solution." What's your solution? Regards, Christopher J. Wolff, VP CIO Broadband Laboratories, Inc. http://www.bblabs.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of E.B. Dreger Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:32 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: layered security for the modern Internet Looking at last week's NANOG posts: SAV... 30% of spam from h4x0r3d boxen... bagle... It seems the original definition and ideology of layered security are outdated. Layered security now means: * Do nothing at a given layer if the problem can be solved, or partially solved, at another layer; * If a problem cannot be completely solved at a given layer, do nothing at that layer; * Approach the problem by arguing on NANOG over who has the most representative analogy. Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.