Re: so, is I[dp]S a STUPID technology?

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Thursday, October 20, 2005 14:00:26 -0400 Robert Edmonds 
<edmonds () cc gatech edu> wrote:

> Paul Schmehl wrote:
> > But, and again, maybe you just don't know edu, it just isn't possible to
> > patch *every* box and eliminate *every* vulnerability because - while
> > I'm  typing this to you, so smart 20-year-old CS major is installing a
> > default  version of Debian on his workstation and he's absolutely
> > *certain* he has  no exposure to risk because - well hell - it's UNIX!!!
> > And his box will  get hacked.  And I'll discover that.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure if I should be offended by this anecdote.
Should I have said, "one of the brainiacs in the McDermott Scholars 
program"?   :-)

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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