Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:39:33 EDT, Jim Popovitch said:7 days? "industry practice"? Come on Bob I know you know that large corporations can't feed a cat in 7 days let alone make unscheduled website changes that fast. Change control approvals alone would include 14 or more days in most enterprises. Why the rush to "say so"?On the other hand, I think that they *could* manage at least a "Wow d00dz, we really *do* have a hole there" reply and at least give a handwaving about when they'd fix it. Of course, actually *fixing* a design flaw that big is going to take them *months*.
Driver walks into a dealer and speaks to customer service: "These brake pads are extremely vulnerable to slipping during X conditions on a 90 degree slalom" says the driver. Puzzled and not knowing squat about slaloms, or the breaking system, the customer service rep send the driver to a mechanic. "These brake pads are extremely vulnerable to slipping during X conditions on a 90 degree slalom. Someone will die!" says the driver to the mechanic... Not being able to change the auto's design nor engineering, the mechanic is puzzled and offers to take the information although he is even more puzzled on who this should be directed to. Two days later driver rambles on news stations nationwide: "Their arrogance will get people killed. I warned them repeatedly" People moan and grumble, etc., recalls, fixes... This Wachovia thread is pointless. I see no mention or posting to perhaps any security list (and I'm on many both public and private) saying: "Hey is there anyone who can put me in touch with someone in the know at Wachovia" on any list. All I see is... "I called customer service". So what, if you're a security professional you will know damn well you're getting nowhere with them. "I spoke to their w3bm4ster". And? Either the poster is looking for attention or a complete and utter idiot. If his or her true intention was to provide a report of a security woe concerning said business or product, he or she could have easily jumped on any security mailing list and found the right connection instead of rambling on "the sky is falling..." Let me see: wachovia security cissp "incident" +network via Google This looks interesting: http://www.bryceporter.com/ I would have contacted someone on this level to put me in touch with the right person. But hey, guess its more hip to add stupid little tags next to your resume or webpage: I broke $INSERT_VENDOR_HERE -- ==================================================== J. Oquendo http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1383A743echo infiltrated.net|sed 's/^/sil@/g'
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato
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