🚀 go-pugleaf

" security " is that state of mind That existed immediately
prior to the " panic state" resulting  from the discovery of ,
or the presenace of a  virus or hacker .

Joe S wrote:
> 
> Well said.
> 
> "Michael Scheidell" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:lOK86.1826$Dd.10880505@news1.mia...
> >
> > "Lawrence Baldwin" <baldwinlSPAMMENOT@mynetwatchman.com> wrote in message
> > news:3A6296A5.2EA4B529@mynetwatchman.com...
> > > Not to be a pessimist, but my biggest realization regarding network
> > > security is that
> > >
> > > "SECURE" is not a state of being, it is a VERB describing the *continual
> > > process* of reviewing, researching,
> > > learning of matters of security.
> >
> > I agree.
> >
> > as in 'security is a process' not a product.
> > With so many new ways to hack into a system, not to mention the odd
> 'woops,
> > I forgot to apply that 15 month old patch to MS II2 and now the Russians
> > have bill's source code'.
> >
> > Basically, the only way to make sure, 100% that someone can't break into
> > your system is to use a little known hardware product, found at home
> depot,
> > and purchased for $4.95 (yep, less then $5 us)
> >
> > Its a pair of wire cutters.
> >
> > Other than that, it is important to be notified when you are being hacked,
> > and important that you report it to the ISP.
> >
> > Important, because that server is either a victim (already been hacked) or
> > the villain.
> > Either case, the ISP in question had better take actions or they could
> find
> > themselves in the receiving end of an FBI investigation (BellSouth, take
> > note:  you are really down there on the list of ISP's who take hackers and
> > security seriously, with 15% of the Cayman routers you install, open to
> the
> > outside world with no passwords!)
> >
> > It isn't 6 hours that goes by that I don't have some luser on a BellSouth
> > dsl line scanning for either the netbus Trojan, or the sunrpc buffer
> > overflow.
> >
> > Stopped the attack? yep, my firewall stopped it from attacking here, but
> if
> > I get notified, and let BellSouth know about it and they actually did
> > something about it, then the infection would spread slower.
> >
> > (still need the$4.95 hardware security device to stop it)
> >
> > Bottom line, 15 to 20% of the dsl and cable modem connected computers are
> > infected with Trojans, sub seven, netbus or something similar.
> >
> > Just waiting to launch additional attacks.
> > Stop the attack, identify the attacker (in real time) and complain.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >