Re: AW: [Full-Disclosure] no more public exploits

[tcleary2@xxxxxxxxxx]

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.
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