Re: [Full-disclosure] Expired certificate

[Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

--On Monday, August 02, 2010 12:36:37 -0400 Elazar Broad <elazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

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> Can't you? The world is full of unpatched systems. You can even find
> systems where patches are not installed because it is running a
> piece of
> mission critical software and they would lose support if they
> installed
> any patches (I am not making this up).
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> Spot on. I know of one large accounting/ERP system(which shall
> remain nameless, though I am sure there are those out there who
> have come across it) that checked the SQL version, including the
> revision number at runtime, which made patching SQL impossible.
>

In those cases where there are such systems, there should be mitigating 
controls around them that increase the difficulty of break-in.  Otherwise the 
IT department is negligent.

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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