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Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden

  • From: Mark Newton
  • Date: Wed Apr 27 02:25:42 2005

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 06:06:22AM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:

 > -- Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> wrote:
 > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:38:00PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
 > >  > So much for any sort of journalistic ethic, fact checking, or, unbiased
 > >  > reporting.
 > > Schneier isn't a journalist or reporter;  He's a security vendor.
 >
 > And you're a network engineer. What's your point?
 
Merely that Owen's expectation of "journalistic ethic, fact checking, or
unbiased reporting" was misplaced because his remarks are addressing
someone who has a vested interest in the outcome of the debate, not 
an ethical, unbiased disinterested observer.

  - mark

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