On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier said:
kenny> From: Kenneth E. Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
kenny> To: Alex Hewitt USG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
kenny> Cc: Greg Kettmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kenny> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:57:08 -0400
kenny> Subject: Re: A story and some advice.
kenny>
kenny> I don't know about that..... I seem to remember a certain
kenny> ADSL company saying that their ADSL routers were impervious
kenny> to penetration. Until about two weeks ago, that is ;-)
kenny> Besides, why spend the money when it can all be done for
kenny> free, and an added advantage is that you can learn a little
kenny> bit about security at the same time. This way, the next time
kenny> he designs a system, he can design a secure one ;-) Oh, and
kenny> on top of that, it doesn't take that long to review logs. Use
kenny> something like logcheck and have the program e-mail the logs
kenny> to you every hour or so. It takes two minutes to scan the
kenny> e-mail for problem areas. Yes, hardening a system is an
kenny> on-going process, but it is one that you learn from. What
kenny> more can you ask for? You do the work, and the instant reward
kenny> is education. Unless you're management, education is always a
kenny> good thing ;-)
kenny>
kenny> C-Ya,
kenny> Kenny
kenny>
kenny> Alex Hewitt USG wrote:
[... snip ...]
Do I see a topic for a future meeting and a possible speaker as well?
And this topic could even stretch over several meetings, making it
easier on our fearless leader!
(Ducking and running for cover... ;)
--
"The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start
making vacuum cleaners." -- As seen on the 'net
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