On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 08:55:42AM -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote: > Security doesn't work that way. Keeping your system secure is like > walking a tightrope across a gorge filled with ravenous tigers every > morning. There are a billion ways to fuck up and get owned/eaten by the > tigers, and asking someone who's successfully walked the tightrope every > day for 40 years "tell me your secret?" completely misses the point. > > The expert can share advice and point out when you're about to step off > the tightrope, but no kind of advice can substitute for your own caution > and experience. Pretending that a magic balance bar, or a magic > technique that can be applied without careful thought, or a magic shoe > that will make you stick to the rope, will save you is the kind of thing > that works in a fairy tale but not in real life.
I'm simply advocating for resources that would help sys admins develop the skills they need. Nothing more.
