Re:Vulnerability Response (was: BGP TCP RST Attacks)

["Margles Singleton" <margles_s () hotmail com>]

> > Unless - I believe until - security can be packaged in a black box, there 
> > will not be tremendous gains in security.  My reasoning?  Black boxes are 
> > those technologies that we have faith in working without knowing why:  
> > microwaves, cars, and TV sets are all examples.  A NASCAR team will know 
> > the fine details of tuning a car, but the Great Unwashed will not:  they 
> > will simply turn the key and go - and this is how it should be - and I 
> > believe in future it will be like that for security as well.
>
> True.  To an extent it is already.  Lots of things that used to take a 
> great deal of expert handiwork are already available in sheetmetal boxes.
>
> Why trust sheetmetal boxes?
>
> 1 - don't.
>
> 2 - trust your ability to make informed choices on what sort of trust to 
> put into each piece of your defenses.
>
> 3 - if you take the effort and responsibility to be informed, you can 
> determine which sheetmetal boxes are being produced by folks who are 
> following Darwinistic Success Paths and use such boxes in your defense 
> structure.
>
> You shouldn't have to mine the ore and grind the gunpowder yourself, but a 
> reliable MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System sure can come in handy from 
> time to time...

YES!!!!  .....i suspect this is why i tend to avoid gui's as well - at least 
when i'm in "learning phase".  blind trust is never a good idea...

> Still, I think playing with the boxes and arranging them against bad guys 
> will be fun for a while yet.  There's still a lot of brand new thinking to 
> do.
>
> What Brian and many others are saying remains true - there's a lot of work 
> to be done and no time for lolly-gagging around.  I just have exceptional 
> trust in individual's aggregate ability to seek success.

i think this is called the Muddle Theory of Optimism, and yeppers, 
absolutely.  it's just that if one dwells on the too-big picture, pessimism 
and dismay may set in....

enjoy!!/mas

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