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Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 12:53:06 +0400
Alexei Roudnev wrote:
*Your* boxes may be hardened beyond all belief and plausibility, butyou're*STILL* screwed if some teenaged kid on another continent has moreeffectivecontrol of the router at the other end of your OC-48 than the NOC monkeyyoucall when things get wonky....It is mostly fantasy. DNS security is much much more important and much more real issue, vs this fictions. If talking about Cisco, we have much more worries about chained bugs, vs teens controlled OC-48 routers... I mean - it is _real_, but it is far behind _much more realistic_ problems.
You should listen to Vladis, he knows what he is talking about. There have always and will always (sigh) be bugs. However, as people keep saying... guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Current thread:
- NYT: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Sean Donelan (May 09)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Alexei Roudnev (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Gadi Evron (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Valdis . Kletnieks (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Gadi Evron (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Valdis . Kletnieks (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Alexei Roudnev (May 12)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Gadi Evron (May 12)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Valdis . Kletnieks (May 12)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Gadi Evron (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Alexei Roudnev (May 11)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Alexei Roudnev (May 12)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Gadi Evron (May 12)
- Re: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Alexei Roudnev (May 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: NYT: Internet attack called broad and long lasting Fred Heutte (May 10)