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Re: [websec] Is sniffing a heuristic? (was Re: more on sniffing)

Gervase Markham <gerv@mozilla.org> Mon, 09 January 2012 09:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] Is sniffing a heuristic? (was Re: more on sniffing)
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On 08/01/12 23:08, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> In computer science heuristics are problem-solving techniques that pro-
> vide good but not neccesarily correct solutions; they are employed as a
> trade-off between correctness and other desirable properties. 

(Slightly off-topic) I rather like this definition:
http://lwn.net/Articles/461584/
(quote 2)

Gerv

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