[113739] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement /
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Apr 20 16:30:12 2009
To: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:21:06 BST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:30:02 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:21:06 BST, "andrew.wallace" said:
> The network community and the security community need to collaborate
> as much as possible to defeat the threats.
>
> I'm British and i'm hoping to make UK as secure as possible.
Umm. You missed the *very first* principle of proper security design.
It shouldn't be "as secure as possible". It should be "as secure as it
needs to be".
I mean, I suppose you *could* go with mil-spec security, where all materials
are kept in a locked safe under armed guard, and you had to fill out paperwork
for each piece of paper you took out of the safe, and then more paperwork
when you returned it. But did you *really* want all that effort just to
check the headlines on bbc.com?
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