Re: [Trans] Threat model outline, attack model

David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com> Wed, 01 October 2014 14:54 UTC

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From: David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:54:09 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Trans] Threat model outline, attack model
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On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> wrote:
> If a "broader scope" means using more ambiguous terms, I can't see why that would be an improvement.
> It has the flavor of "CT is obviously good, so let's just do it."

Okay. You've convinced me.

So: I've disabled syslog on all my servers. I can't define a-priori
what security issues logging might detect. Thus there's no point in
logging anything.