From: Jason Coombs (jasoncscience.org)
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 16:01:04 CDT

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>>frank, this is not a kindergarden list. this not a housewife support
>>list. this is a security list, this a full disclousure list. period.

It also is not a list for the benefit exclusively of people who are
fortunate enough to have simple security problems. The security issues
surrounding the question "how do I keep my home computer safe from
attack?" are trivial compared to those surrounding the question "how do
I keep the 200,000 computing devices worldwide within my organization
from being owned and then attacking each other?"

Anyone with a truly complex security problem knows that it is hopeless
to ever really control many computers in the presence of many people.
You have no choice in a complex situation but to let things happen that
you think are beneficial to you (the vendor installing patches, in this
discussion) and find a way, after the fact, or periodically, to confirm
that the end result was in fact beneficial to you.

Sincerely,

Jason Coombs
jasoncscience.org

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