Cael Abal said: >Realistically,the lack of a widespread published exploit means an >attack on any given machine is less likely. An admin who chooses >to ignore these probabilities isn't looking at their job with the right perspective.
You missed the "IMHO". In the Military your generalisation is probably not a self evident truth. To quote another posters sig. "Knowing what you don't know is more important than knowing what you know." and I would add that that's because what you do know you can try to deal with. Enough of the philosophy class. Regards, tom. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Cleary - Security Architect "In IT, acceptable solutions depend upon humans - Computers don't negotiate." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
