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Re: Adobe investigates sophisticatic corporate networksecurity issue


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:18:28 -0500

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 03:05:19PM -0800, Paul M. Moriarty wrote:
Or put another way, expecting end users to change their behavior and
start doing all the things they "should" be doing is futile.  Any approach
based on this premise will fail.

Absolutely true.  "Educating users" is listed as one of Marcus Ranum's
six dumbest ideas in security, and it really is.  Spammers and phishers,
among others, prove it millions of times a day.

---Rsk
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