On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:00:27 +0000 Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23 January 2016 at 21:59, Steve Litt <slitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I'm reminded of a person on a computer on a no-Internet-connection > > LAN saying that everyone needs equal protection from firewalls. > > Ummm, no. The Internet connected firewall has many, many more > > attempts made against it than the guy on the island LAN. > > Did I say we all need equal protection? No. I said we're all entitled > to the same level of protection. The preceding two sentences form a distinction that will need some elaboration. > I'm also making the point that your > Island guy might have a mobile phone that's linked to his computer > that you don't know about and you're assuming that cos he's on an > island he has no right to have an opinion on firewalls. Come on, the preceding is contrived to the point of being silly. You know exactly what I mean. SteveT Steve Litt January 2016 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
