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Network Dictionary – Fascist Mode

16th August 2010 By 1 Comment

Fascist Mode is the slang term used to describe the default security policy of block everything unless explicitly permitted.

As Ivan Pepelnjaksays in his blog post:

fascist mode – whatever is not explicitly permitted is dropped).

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  • http://www.jonesnco.com Dan Jones

    A friend of mine liked to refer to such a security policy as ‘Catholic mode’. That implies the Protestant mode is ‘everything allowed unless explicitly forbidden’.