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numere prime

Three people are asked to prove that all of the odd numbers are prime – a physicist, a mathematician and a programmer. The physicist goes first: “3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is a … oops, experimental error, 11 is a prime …”. Next the mathematician takes a crack at it: “3 is…

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ipv4 security

Azi, RFC3514: “Abstract Firewalls, packet filters, intrusion detection systems, and the like often have difficulty distinguishing between packets that have malicious intent and those that are merely unusual. We define a security flag in the IPv4 header as a means of distinguishing the two cases. 1. Introduction Firewalls [CBR03], packet filters, intrusion detection systems, and the like often have difficulty…

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doua probleme

Two problems Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems. Some people, when faced with a problem, think, “I know, I’ll use binary.” Now they have 10 problems.

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