[574] in Intrusion Detection Systems
Re: Intrusions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darren Reed)
Sat Feb 10 02:59:44 1996
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
To: ids@uow.edu.au
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 00:23:20 +1100 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <9601310334.AA08507@all.net> from "Fred Cohen" at Jan 30, 96 10:34:36 pm
Reply-To: ids@uow.edu.au
In some mail I received from Fred Cohen, sie wrote
>
> > > If you break into a safe, and there is nothing there....you leave.
> > > This angle works for many businesses and users.
>
> Why have a safe if there's nothing in it?
Some hotels provide in-room safes. I can't see how that provides real
protection as many people will have held the key. (An example for you).
> If the content of your computer is worthless, why have a computer?
Visit the network computer. It holds nothing, except what it is running.
When turned off, it holds nothing. It's not useless, but the content is
worthless. Badly designed, when on, they could still be a security worry
for the owner. However, worth is not something anyone but the owner can
really decide.
darren
