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RE: Toronto Says Licence-Tampering on City Computer Syst ems is 'Impossible '
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:06:12 -0400
give the hackers a week or two, and all the licenses will be deleted, just to prove that it's not "impossible".... Why do people make such claims as "unhackable" or "impossible to break into our system".... Unless they WANT black hats to start breaking in.... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:25 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Toronto Says Licence-Tampering on City Computer Systems is 'Impossible ' I generally chuckle when I hear anyone claim that this or that is impossible -- it flies in the face of common sense and reasonable judegment. :-) Via The Globe and Mail. [snip] A disgraced top official's renewed allegations of tampering with city tow-truck licences were rejected yesterday by Toronto Mayor David Miller. "That's not possible," he told reporters, responding to former municipal licensing and standards executive director Pamela Coburn's assertion, made in some news outlets yesterday, that criminal records possibly were deleted from city files to make it easier for suspected biker gang members to get tow-truck licences. "That's just simply not possible with our computer system," the mayor said. However, Mr. Miller now says a more frequent check of licence holders for criminal records, more often than the current standard of every four years, is "under review." [snip] More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060425.gtlicence25/BNSt ory/Technology/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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