[AusNOG] Person in the Middle Attacks

[Peter Tiggerdine]

I'm pretty sure women are more interested pay equality, leadership,
upskilling and just not being harassed over nitpicking on a word.

While I can appreciate the spirit of OP, there are bigger issues.

Regards,

Peter Tiggerdine



On Mon, May 14, 2018, 14:31 Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:

> Did someone change rename Monday to Friday?
>
> Paul, you do realise that “Man” in “Man in the Middle” actually means
> “person”
> based of the dictionary definition of “man”?
>
> 2. a human being of either sex; a person.
>
> Mark
>
> > On 14 May 2018, at 2:20 pm, Chris Legg <chris+ausnog at legg.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > Well said! I'm just thankful I don't have to explain what "gender
> changers" are anymore.
> >
> > On 14/05/2018 11:06 AM, Paul Wilkins wrote:
> >> It's just dawned on me that in light of the clear gender imbalance in
> our industry, and by way of a shout out to much overdue #MeToo reactions to
> pussie grabbing malefactors, we need to move away from gender
> discriminatory terminology, specifically, there is no reason why it should
> be a Man perpetrating an insertion attack. We should recognise that the
> perpetrator could just as easily be a woman as a man, and that henceforth
> we should be calling these Person in the Middle Attacks.
> >>
> >> Where you look up the Wikipedia article which describes the Alice, Bob
> scenario, with their communication being snooped on by the attacker
> Mallory, in a curious serendepity, Mallory is a non gender specific Proper
> Name, and can be a woman as easily as a man.
> >>
> >> Man in the Middle is a purely technical concept, where there is no
> place for gender specification and serves no purpose but to perpetuate
> gender stereotypes. In light of which, henceforth, thinking people should
> rather refer to this vector as a Person in the Middle Attack.
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >>
> >> Paul Wilkins
> >>
> >>
> >>
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