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Vernon Schryver wrote:
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... We are talking about testing for (and perhaps
mitigating) attack packets. A "positive" for our test is "this packet
is an attack packet." Deciding that a packet is not an attack packet
is a "negative". An accurate test or determination that a packet is
or is not an attack packet is a "true positive" or "true negative".
An inaccurate determination by the test is a "false positive" or "false
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this matches my understanding of the terms under discussion.<br>
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