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Re: How to Save The World
From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:09:29 -0500
Frederick M Avolio wrote:
Can you buy such a thing? I know that early AV software did that. Is there anything we can buy today that will do this?
There are a few products out that do this. Citadel has a pretty cool package "SecurePC" (http://www.citadel.com/securepc.asp) that's designed for kiosk applications. I've considered using it as a lock down tool for my laptop but the tool is a bit more "enterprisy" than I need. I think it's designed for locking down ATMs and stuff like that from a central point. What I want is something that has a ZoneAlarm-like "smart interface" that lets me reverse-engineer a policy over time. Side-note: YES, ATMs run Windows inside. Another example of the kind of pervasive IT stupidity I was referring to, earlier. Rather than run a custom locked-down minimized O/S it runs a full Windows distro that has been locked down with a layer of software. Why? Because it's too much work to develop a new video player rather than use Windows Media Player, etc, etc. So rather than spend $400,000 to own a solution that's "done right" corporate IT would rather pay $150/ATM for a turd, and millions of dollars in turd polish to overcome the flaws in the turd. And, of course, turd polish is a recurring expense whereas just doing it right the first time is a gift that keeps on giving. mjr. _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: How to Save The World Frederick M Avolio (Dec 13)
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