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Re: The Morris worm to Nimda, how little we've learned or gained
From: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 04:40:16 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Michael Brennen wrote:
There have been many such catalysts this past year to alert people that their networks and data are at very high risk. If Code Red, Nimda and such don't fit the profile you describe above, what event would you expect to be sufficient to do so? The McAfee office in Dallas was down for at least a day and a half in Dallas when Nimda hit; that was one office. If such a breach isn't sufficient to get the attention of management, what is? If Microsoft's network being penetrated, which was fairly widely known, isn't sufficient signal to companies running the same software that the same could happen to them, what would be? If the FBI's data being randomly mailed around doesn't scare someone that it could happen to their own data, what will it take to sink in?
[SNIP] I think the person you reply to means something so totally catastrophic that it takes down like all the core name servers or a whole gov network or many many systems, soething o par with the 9/11/01 twin towers attack in NY. I could have read him wrong, but, I think he's talking on that scale. And it is a shame, being all the 'signals' you mention that have been there for sure. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () nfr com http://list.nfr.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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