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Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem
From: ant () notatla demon co uk (Antonomasia)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:57:25 +0100 (BST)
From: Barney Wolff <barney () tp databus com>
I'm really bemused by this whole thread. When a hole is published, do people really wait for reports of exploits before patching?
Yes. Haven't we been round this before ? Managers decide how much to skimp on security and geeks get to decide (within limits) which windows to bar with the rolled-up newspaper. Geeks get the rest of the day off for web surfing provided they don't complain too much. Certain windows aren't allowed newspaper - Mr Big must have his wireless LAN. But what's the point of talking patches before you can get the admins to chmod the world-writable root directories ? That state of affairs and the fact that I can't fire people might not be completely unrelated. And still the auditors are only interested in whether we can show on what date each password was set. -- ############################################################## # Antonomasia ant notatla.demon.co.uk # # See http://www.notatla.demon.co.uk/ # ############################################################## _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem, (continued)
- Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem Nate Campi (Aug 19)
- Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem Barney Wolff (Aug 19)
- Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem R. DuFresne (Aug 18)
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- Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem Iván Arce (Aug 23)
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