Re: whitehouse cyber strategy review

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:02:14PM -0800, chris () blask org wrote:
> My guess is that the rate of discovery for existing
> infections/compromises is meager, at best.  Whatever number you could
> find I would inherently assume is at best half as bad as the situation
> really is.  Most people are not equipped to determine that they have
> been infected at all, and as long as the lights keep blinking - even
> at a faster rate than legitimate usage would dictate - they aren't even
> going to look (don't make me invoke Heartland again).

I have to concur with this.  I say "have to" because I'd really like
to disagree, but all available evidence suggests that Chris' assessment
is spot-on.

Dammit, could you be less depressingly correct on a Monday morning? ;-)

---Rsk
_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.