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Re: A contribution to ongoing terminology work

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Mon, 05 April 2021 21:23 UTC

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From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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On 4/5/21 5:12 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote:

> What we actually can do is agree on good replacement terms for technology that we own or considerably shape.
> Discussion whether MITM/Middleperson attacks should be described as “on-path” attacks is very much on topic for us — in the groups that own/shape that technology.

Well there are on-path and in-path attacks both of which could be 
described as <something> in the middle.   I think the terminology there 
is evolving anyway, not entirely because of the implied masculinity of 
MiTM.   But it's a handy example of why a one-to-one mapping between old 
and new terms should not be assumed.

Keith

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