Re: Recent Attacks

[Terry Lee Moore <tlmoor2 () advtech uswest com>]

    My apologies to Ryan Russell and Macus J. Ranum and anyone else if I
misunderstood.

    I tend to think that, similar to what ISO 9000 does, these latest
exploits tend to show us where our network weaknesses are and what needs
fixing.  I don't mean to excuse anyone.  I want the culprits punished.
But the key word is survivability.  What can be done to make the network
more survivable?
Punishing them with litigation makes the physche feel better, but the
hole in the network still exists and the next guy to exploit it may be
looking for much more from all of us.  If I read correctly, we will
always have vandals.  What we need to do is punish them in a way
appropriate, identify what the "real" problems are, and then try to
bring the "good guy" community together to plug the holes.
    What's the best way to do that?
--                    Terry
Terry Lee Moore                         tlmoor2 () uswest com
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