Re: Firewall configuration statistics

[Brian Eckman <eckman () umn edu>]

security () rexwire com wrote:

(snip)

> 25% of exploits had patch readily available
>
>
> -SKP

Do you mean that you read that 25% of compromises were due to exploiting 
flaws that had a patch readily available?

If so, there is no way that number is correct. Everything that I have 
read and experienced lead me to believe that a *vast* majority of 
compromises are due to flaws that have already been patched. I can't 
tell you the exact number, and I don't know who with any "authority" 
can. But I would bet dollars to doughnuts that it is definitely nowhere 
close to 25%, and more like 95-99% depending on your definition of 
"compromise".

If that isn't what you meant, perhaps you can elaborate on that statement?

Brian

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Brian Eckman
Security Analyst
OIT Security and Assurance
University of Minnesota
612-626-7737

"There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who
understand binary and those who don't."


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