RE: A rather newbie question

[Harlan Carvey <keydet89 () yahoo com>]

Ethan,
 
> I just wanted to point out that this is probably the
> no.1 security fallacy I hear among my endlusers.

Having done vulnerability assessments for a long time,
one of the biggest issues I run up against is admins
who refer to users as "lusers".  Funny joke, yeah, but
a lack of discretion points to an underlying attitude,
which can be a real problem.

> I think of it this way, how would I like my personal
> machine's IP address
> to show up in a DDoS attack log against FBI.org?

FBI.org?  That points to the BBC.  Why are you afraid
of them?

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