Re: EXAMPLE: Why OOO is *BAD* [WAS: Re: OOO FLAME]

[Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler () aset com>]

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ray.hawkins () comcast net wrote:
> Jon ~ great example and on the $$$ for what I was obliquely getting at - ignorance is not bliss and shame on anyone 
> that advertises they are not "home" (and further shame on anyone who would profess any holistic security apparatus to 
> be fool-proof).  I was dumb enough once to turn my yard post light on middle-afternoon so it'd be on when I returned 
> home later that evening.  Lucky that time I had (and still do) three large hungry dogs to greet the intruder that 
> watched me leave.  Not many business networks have the same safety net eh?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray

Moral of the Story: *NEVER* tell a pen tester: "My systems are secure
and you cannot possibly break into them." (Just ask Larry Ellison if you
need more examples of this moral.)

Corollary: Like the T-Shirt says: Social engineering works because there
is no patch for human stupidity.


Jon
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