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RE: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics?
From: "Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:04:27 -0600
-----Original Message----- From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:25 PM To: Joe Stewart Cc: incidents () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Which is worse - one black hat with 100K bots at their disposal, or 100 black hats with 1K bots each?
Which came first? The chicken? Or the egg? And why is there air? :-) Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free 30-day trial: firewall with virus/spam protection, URL filtering, VPN, wireless security Protect your network against hackers, viruses, spam and other risks with Astaro Security Linux, the comprehensive security solution that combines six applications in one software solution for ease of use and lower total cost of ownership. Download your free trial at http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/Astaro_incidents_040301 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Dante Mercurio (Mar 17)
- RE: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Mailing Lists (Mar 17)
- Re: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Joe Stewart (Mar 17)
- Re: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Schmehl, Paul L (Mar 17)
- RE: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Ken Dunham (Mar 17)
- RE: Phatbox: Media Hype? Scare Tactics? Schmehl, Paul L (Mar 17)