RE: A worm...

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Here's a column I did awhile back on why user education is an
impractical solution to computer security issues:

http://www.privacyfoundation.org/commentary/tipsheet.asp?id=33&action=0

Richard

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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:20 PM
To: Nexus
Cc: Peter Kruse; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] A worm...


I agree with you 100% but you do realize that the challenge is to
educate executives that do not understand, or care to understand
security.  They just "want it to work".  Being an executive myself, I
understand that mentality, but I also understand the value of knowledge.


On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 10:59, Nexus wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Kruse" <kruse () krusesecurity dk>
> To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:57 PM
> Subject: SV: [Full-disclosure] A worm...
>
> [snip]
>
> > malicious code inside the new rar format and spread it. I suppose
it´s
> > fairly easy to write a worm that packs itself with a random password
and
> > inserts this into a e-mail sent to the victim. This way it will pass
> > most AV-gateway scanners since they won't have access to scan inside
the
> > zipe archive.
>
> In that case [the content analysis engine] should automatically
quarantine
> the attachment and await human intervention.
> Otherwise, why bother with them at all ?   It's an odd world when the
> preferred solution is an application rather than user edumacation.
>
> Cheers.
>
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