@sergeybratus @marshray Phrases like "best of breed" exist because people so desperately want to believe in magic faeries and unicorns.
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Replying to @ErrataRob
@ErrataRob@marshray "best of breed" literally means, "hough many designs are plagued by badness, some engineers make theirs actually work"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sergeybratus
@sergeybratus@marshray "best of breed" ignores that there are tradeoffs. It's like saying "best color" instead of "favorite color".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@sergeybratus@marshray Only when you agree that puce is the best color will I agree that there are "best of breed" solutions in cybersec.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@ErrataRob@marshray I always took "best of breed" to mean "Pareto-optimal w.r.t. known tradeoffs" -- but I will easily yield on this :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sergeybratus
@sergeybratus I believe that all security solutions are already Pareto-optimal.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@ErrataRob Please expand on how IKE or X.509 are Pareto-optimal :) Without unicorns designed-by-committee :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sergeybratus
@sergeybratus I'll put "Why X.509 is Pareto-optimal" on my list of blog posts to write for the new year :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@ErrataRob Good, my work here is done :) Add ASN.1 into the mix as of course you'll need to :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sergeybratus
@sergeybratus One cannot sing the glories of X.509 without acknowledging the contribution of ASN.1.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@ErrataRob @sergeybratus X.500 is the root of all evil
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Replying to @bascule
@bascule@erratarob I think we need a designation "the root of some well-defined evil" :)0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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