[17390] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: "SSL stops credit card sniffing" is a correlation/causality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Wed Jun 8 10:05:37 2005
X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
X-Original-To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 01:36:45 -0400
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <874qcimgfx.fsf@snark.piermont.com>
Perry E. Metzger writes:
> It is my prediction that we will, in the next five years, get the
> failure of a couple of international financial institutions because of
> insufficient attention to systems security,
You're being too conservative. I point you to Citibank's loss, last
month, of unencrypted data belonging to 4 million customers. Right
now, I see shit in search of a fan. Should happen in less than two
years.
--
--My blog is at blog.russnelson.com | If you want to find
Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | injustice in economic
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 cell | affairs, look for the
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 212-202-2318 VOIP | hand of a legislator.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cryptography Mailing List
Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com
