30 Aug
2018
30 Aug
'18
3:45 p.m.
On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 11:17, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I know someone is at 1234 Bloor St. but that does not help much with breaking in.
But what if you *don't* know someone lives at 1234 Bloor St. (and most of the residences on Bloor St. are vacant)? Breaking into one that's vacant (equivalent to blindly attacking a non-existent machine) is a worthless waste of time. If you knock on one of the doors (ping), you may get an answer, telling you that breaking into that residence at a later time may be of some value, thus worth more effort. I'm not saying that ignoring pings is of much benefit, but this is a better analogy. -- Scott