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Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty
From: Avi Freedman <freedman () freedman net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:06:57 -0500
In article <103014.1607.23062 () avi netaxs com> you wrote: : Seems to be a case of prisoners dilema. The security of any one network : is to some extent at the mercy of all other connected networks. The : overall security of the network is only as strong as it's weakest link. : In a highly competitive market place there is going to be little : incentive to invest in security if it will just be compromised by your : cost cutting competitors. Yes, but: - Shouldn't we encourage our tax $ go with preference towards good network citizens? - If only a few of the larger networks started implementing better practices that engineering groups can't get funded today, we're still getting better off. - Starting at the core, which is who the Feds buy the most IP from, still makes life a lot simpler if and when we get the "big one" in terms of cyber-attack. I think this is probably better for a BOF (maybe even the security BOF) discussion, though... Avi
Current thread:
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty, (continued)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Pete Kruckenberg (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 14)
- RE: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Merlin Communications (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Rajesh Talpade (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Avi Freedman (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Vijay Gill (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty sgorman1 (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Avi Freedman (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty David Scott Olverson (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Vijay Gill (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Avi Freedman (Jan 14)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Jan 15)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecurity Avi Freedman (Jan 15)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecurity Daniel Senie (Jan 15)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecurity Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Jan 17)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Jan 15)
- Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty batz (Jan 14)
- RE: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty Merlin Communications (Jan 14)