[65224] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kenw@kmsi.net)
Mon Nov 17 10:40:49 2003
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:32:27 -0700
From: kenw@kmsi.net
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311170625150.31661-100000@s1.yuriev.com>
To: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:26:50 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>
>> >No explaination why Sante Fe officials had not patched the city's
>> >computers in the three months since Microsoft announced the =
vulnerability
>> >and released the software updates. Nor why Sante Fe didn't have up =
to
>> >date anti-virus programs running on its computers.
>>=20
>> Nor why they were using such rubbish software for a mission-
>> critical system.
>>=20
>Because for people outside our little industry the software is a tool to=
get
>a JOB done, not the job itself.
>
>Alex
A perceptive comment, but not actionable.
This incident is what happens when non-tool oriented people must use =
tools.
Our responsibility is to teach; theirs is to learn.
Some people spend too much time sharpening their tools. Others too =
little.
Neither is innocent when the job fails to get done.=20
/kenw
