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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    RE: Re: Virus Scanner
From:       Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco ! com>
Date:       1997-07-28 17:53:47
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At 02:43 PM 07/28/97 -0400, Button, Dave wrote:

>
>This assertion is certainly one of many that are unprovable, but isn't
>the rationale behind server authentication, which should precede much of
>the encrypted transmission, that the server has more accountability? And
>if the server is more accountable they will, in theory, be more careful
>about what they transmit.
>

Perhaps, but don't confuse accountability with prevention.  While both are
aspects of security, they are not mutually exclusive.

- paul


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