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Re: iso 17799
From: mlh () zipworld com au
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:33:05 +1000
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:49:40PM -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
Well, security's the same way: if you only do smart safe stuff, you won't get hacked. If you buy a $100,000 security doo-dad that makes sure you only do smart safe stuff, you won't get hacked. But the actual presence of the $100,000 doo-dad has relatively little to do with it other than making the vendor happy and giving the stupid suits you work for something to point at that has neat-o blinky lights. It's a con.
I call this the 'stone soup' approach. That's a story applicable to all sorts of situations :-) -- Matt _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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