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Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat?
From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:48:51 -0500
Jerry Pasker wrote:
The point is: What's more damaging? Being open with the maps to EVERYONE can see where the problem areas are so they can design around them? (or chose not to) or pulling the maps, and reports, and sticking our heads in the sand, and hoping that security through obscurity works.
Let's look at this from another point of view: Should we remove all keylocks from backhoes so that everyone can have access to them? :-) I'm all for openness, but sometimes some things only need to be accessedand used by the professionals that need those things. I fully trust that the big network operators, the ones that really really do need this data, have all the info they need to plan their network expansions, etc. I don't need to see this data, even though I might want to.
-Jim P.
Current thread:
- Re: Stupidity: A Real Cyberthreat., (continued)
- Re: Stupidity: A Real Cyberthreat. Mark Smith (Jan 19)
- Re: Stupidity: A Real Cyberthreat. Alexander Harrowell (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Joe Maimon (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Robert Boyle (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Randy Whitney (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Michael . Dillon (Jan 20)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? sgorman1 (Jan 20)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Robert Boyle (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Micheal Patterson (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Jerry Pasker (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Jim Popovitch (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? Robert E . Seastrom (Jan 19)
- Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat? sgorman1 (Jan 20)