Firewall Wizards: Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem

[ant () notatla demon co uk (Antonomasia)]

From: Barney Wolff <barney () tp databus com>

> I'm really bemused by this whole thread.  When a hole is published,
> do people really wait for reports of exploits before patching?
Yes.  Haven't we been round this before ?  Managers decide how much
to skimp on security and geeks get to decide (within limits) which
windows to bar with the rolled-up newspaper.  Geeks get the rest of the
day off for web surfing provided they don't complain too much.  Certain
windows aren't allowed newspaper - Mr Big must have his wireless LAN.

But what's the point of talking patches before you can get the admins to
chmod the world-writable root directories ?  That state of affairs and the
fact that I can't fire people might not be completely unrelated.

And still the auditors are only interested in whether we can show on what
date each password was set.

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