At 10:53 AM 8/11/00 -0400, Matt Curtin wrote:
> >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Teicher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Mark> Yes, everyone should agree with MJR's theories and
> Mark> postulations.:)
>
>Except when he calls "crackers" "hackers". Grr.
Agreed, the definition of a "hacker" has been sort of skewed due to some
consulting firms making a big deal about "ethical" hacking in the last few
years. WhiteHat, GreyHats, BlackHats. (Almost like Lions, Tigers, and
Bears oh my).. :)
> Mark> So therefore a good sysadmin has to be very fluent in BIND or
> Mark> at least dangerous enough to basically kill an organization's
> Mark> access to the Internet.
>
>Yeah. A lot of folks seem to underestimate the importance of a good
>understanding of DNS. In my experience, that's especially true in the
>case of Pee Cee shops where TCP/IP is just another protocol that they
>run in addition to the other 17 needed to support their bizarre,
>mostly ad-hoc architecture.
Yes, I agree some of the underlying technical understanding has been lost
in the last 5 or 6 years. I recently asked someone if they knew what -i
switch did in H2n. Their reply "What's H2n??"
/cheers
/mark
P.S> Hi Matt.. :)
>Back in my day, we didn't have books! We read the RFC and source
>code! And we were thankful! These kids today have it so easy. ;-)
>
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