From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 21:02:56 MDT
On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 07:39 pm, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> An internal network is generally among a group of
> trusted individuals, where the individuals behind the
> firewall do not consider a need to verify each other,
> but do verify those outside the group (i.e. the rest
> of the world). Verification within the group usually
> only occurs when a certain threshold of group size and
> complexity is reached, or when the primary interest of
> the individuals within the group are different or in
> conflict. When such factionalism occurs, the group
> should either fissure (secede) or institute control
> protocols (i.e. police states) such as identity
> verification, compartementalization and access
> controls.
>
> Nation-states that reach this threshold point are
> faced with a conundrum when the primary interests of
> citizens transcend from mere difference to outright
> conflict, where their interest can only be furthered
> by forcing others.
>
> A nation-state without strict citizenship standards
> will tend to reach this point faster than those which do.
Excellent analogy between computer networks and nations. I agree
totally with your security analysis.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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