begin quoting John H. Robinson, IV as of Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 02:36:56PM -0700: [snip] > If you want 100% security, you know the drill: encase in concrete with > no network and no power. For something more useable, you will have to > live with the *risk* of vulnerabilities. [snip]
"Availability" is part of security these days. If the threat of an attack can get you to lock down your system so tight that you can't use it, well, that's as much a DOS attack as ping-flooding, with the bonus of that I got you to do the work of crippling your machines. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
