Re: CISSP quote of the week

[Paul Wouters <paul () xelerance com>]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Dave Aitel wrote:

> - From Focus-IDS, which has the highest CISSP density of any known
> mailing list comes our CISSP QUOTE OF THE WEEK!
> ****
> "Also, the majority of attacks in the wild are well-known and easily
> detected and blocked. "
> ****

How do they know that they are detecting the "majority" of the attacks?
I was under the, apparently false, impression that they would actually
not be able to detect the undetectable attacks....

Then again, I don't have my CISSP certification, and lack the skills
of making advanced protocols such as the newly released Traffic Light
Protocol ("TLP") for responsible vulnerability sharing by a certain
national infrastructure agency, who think that handling security is like
playing with Tonka cars.


Paul