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Sidebar re idiots (was Firewall administration)
From: David Collier-Brown <davecb () canada sun com>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 14:25:28 -0400
Bennett Todd wrote:
[ lots of interesting ideas, most of which I happily agree with, and then: ] From the security officer's point of view, there are two enemies: the attacker and his own management.This statement I can't agree with. In my experience to date, my management has never been out to actively sabotage the organization; they've been trying to set appropriate policy, and just sometimes need some instruction in security issues. I give them the right info and they make good decision. Sometimes they even surprise me with better security policy decisions than I could come up with.
Those are the good companies. I'm posting from one of them... I prefer to work for them. Alas, they're in a minority, and even the best ones have pockets of non-brilliance. A former employer's security officers in country X were breaking into private accounts in countrys X, U and C to attack one of their sites in country C. UUNET has the logs... --dave (that's why they'e former employers) c-b [ps: I'm getting off-topic] -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain Willowdale, Ontario | davecb () hobbes ss org, canada.sun.com M2N 1Y3. 416-223-8968 | http://java.science.yorku.ca/~davecb
Current thread:
- Re: Firewall administration Rik Farrow (Oct 06)
- Re: Firewall administration David Collier-Brown (Oct 06)
- Re: Firewall administration Bennett Todd (Oct 07)
- Sidebar re idiots (was Firewall administration) David Collier-Brown (Oct 07)
- Re: Firewall administration Bennett Todd (Oct 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Firewall administration Anton J Aylward (Oct 07)
- Re: Firewall administration Anton J Aylward (Oct 07)
- RE: Firewall Administration Steve Kruse (Oct 12)
- Re: Firewall Administration P.Y BONNETAIN (Oct 12)
- Re: Firewall Administration Larry J. Hughes Jr. (Oct 13)
- Re: Firewall Administration Rudolf Schreiner (Oct 14)
- Re: Firewall Administration Bennett Todd (Oct 15)
- Re: Firewall Administration P.Y BONNETAIN (Oct 14)
- Re: Firewall Administration P.Y BONNETAIN (Oct 12)
- Re: Firewall administration David Collier-Brown (Oct 06)