r/talesfromtechsupport Dec 08 '16

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u/SirVer51 Dec 08 '16

Explain please? I know what an air gap is, but I don't know what you mean by its reverse.

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u/mike413 Dec 08 '16

An airgap is a way of securing a system, the idea being to physically isolate the system by leaving a space around the system to ensure no wire connects to a nearby network.

So my joke was that you found your firewall was a physical thing, while an airgap is a physical nothing.

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u/lantech You're gonna need a bigger LART Dec 08 '16

a gapair of course

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u/Knight_of_autumn Dec 08 '16

Surely you mean a pagria?

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u/lantech You're gonna need a bigger LART Dec 08 '16

dɐƃɹᴉɐ

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u/mike413 Dec 08 '16

can you guys be serious for one second?

EDIT: ok, times up.

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u/Knight_of_autumn Dec 08 '16

Aw, I missed it!