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Re: Sasser author
From: Harlan Carvey <keydet89 () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:20:04 -0700 (PDT)
Rodrigo, Please go back and re-read my post...particularly: "And yeah, I know about the dial-up and VPN issues, but there are designs that protect against infections there, was well. Perhaps after all these years of publishing "best practices", maybe the victims would stop...well...being victimized." I know about this scenario...but what I'm saying about infrastructure designs and "best practices" still applies. The scenario you outlined actually makes my point...not having policies and "best practices" in place is what keeps biting us in the butt, NOT the worms and their authors. And yes, I'm fully aware that the security guy will say "...we should..." and someone at the CxO level will say "no, it's too inconvenient" or "too costly" or some other such nonsense. Been there, done that... These worms are effective in the corporate infrastructure b/c the people responsible for such things allow them to be. Universities are different...protect the protectable as best as possible, and let the students fend for themselves (how about turning on the f/w in XP???).
1) Company has firewalls and security stuff (and staff) 2) Manager has a notebook 3) Manager insist that his notebook should not be connected to a "low security" network segment, cause he wants to be on the same network everyone else is, and once he is the boss, things will be the way he wants 4) Manager forbids the instalation of any "stupid software that keeps giving popups every time I want to access the internet" (Personal Firewalls) 5) Manager connect with his notebook to the internet at home 6) Manager plugs his notebook back on the company network How often is this scenary ? I met it at least 3 times during the Sasser infestantion alone.
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