Re: iso 17799

[mlh () zipworld com au]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:49:40PM -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
> Well, security's the same way: if you only do smart safe stuff,
> you won't get hacked. If you buy a $100,000 security doo-dad
> that makes sure you only do smart safe stuff, you won't get hacked.
> But the actual presence of the $100,000 doo-dad has relatively
> little to do with it other than making the vendor happy and giving
> the stupid suits you work for something to point at that has
> neat-o blinky lights. It's a con.

I call this the 'stone soup' approach.  That's a story
applicable to all sorts of situations :-)

--
Matt

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