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RE: [Full-Disclosure] A rather newbie question
- To: "Schmidt, Michael R." <Michael.Schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Ethan Vaughn'" <evaughn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] A rather newbie question
- From: Harlan Carvey <keydet89@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:31:55 -0700 (PDT)
Ethan,
> I just wanted to point out that this is probably the
> no.1 security fallacy I hear among my endlusers.
Having done vulnerability assessments for a long time,
one of the biggest issues I run up against is admins
who refer to users as "lusers". Funny joke, yeah, but
a lack of discretion points to an underlying attitude,
which can be a real problem.
> I think of it this way, how would I like my personal
> machine's IP address
> to show up in a DDoS attack log against FBI.org?
FBI.org? That points to the BBC. Why are you afraid
of them?
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