Re: Getting more paranoid by the minute. :-/

["Corey Rock" <snort_sigs () hotmail com>]

Great advice, Alex.  We can only mitigate the risks, not eliminate..

> From: "AJ Butcher, Information Systems and Computing" 
> <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>
> To: ste () smxy org, snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Getting more paranoid by the minute. :-/
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:59:09 +0100
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> --On 24 April 2004 21:35 -0400 "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste () smxy org>

> > How can I possibly learn enough, quickly enough, to write all the rules
> > to protect my client, when I don't even know all the attacks and exploits
> > that are out there?
>
> You Can't. Don't Promise That You Can.
>
> The client should be hiring you to /reduce/ exposure to risk, not to 
> eliminate it. If this isn't what they /think/ they're hiring you to do, you 
> need to reset their expectations, urgently.
>
> >         -ste
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex.
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