Ever thought about how a carefully engineered network can simultaneously act as a fortress and a trap—like a house of mirrors where every reflection is both a shield and a spotlight?

You’re right, the same lines that braid a VPN like a maze can also become a breadcrumb trail—unless you keep the topology as tidy as a librarian’s desk, the very walls that whisper “this is secure” can echo back “hello, intruder” in a hundred directions. (footnote: this is why the Byzantine fault tolerance protocol was originally conceived by a medieval scribe trying to keep his guild’s secrets from rival monks)