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Teaching the Rules of the Road
Jon Lasser, 2002-04-24

Bad system administrators affect more than their own computers -- they make the entire Internet a little less safe.

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-04-30
Anonymous
Good article!...

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Teaching the Rules of the Road - Amen Brother! 2002-04-30
BlimeyBloke
Amen Brother!

Which is why we need a few good lawsuits against lax sysadmins and the organisations. Just so there WILL be an immediately apparant penalty!

Now THAT comment is sure to set a fox among the chickens!...

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-02
Anonymous (2 replies)
Good article.

Problem is, quite a few want to drive a car that's easy to steal because it has nicer furry dice.

A few of them know the theft problems so they add a zone alarm and perhaps AVS to warn when people are near it.

Most thieves steal the easy fords (they can get the tools of the tr...

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-07
Anonymous (1 replies)
what the hell are you trying to say man...this isn't CarTalk......

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-09
Anonymous
Finally, a guy with intelligence. Actually, this article inspired me to leave work and take my van to the garage for a tune up. I also need to get an alarm installed. It is a Ford, and someone might steal it....

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-02
ReadTooManyOfThese :\
Looks like someone is writing a "safe" article because their past works have bombed more than a flight wing in a gulf war...


Anywho... I think you're missing a larger scope of this. Companies themselves need to put more energy into understanding their networks than simply paying some guy to do...

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-06
EN
The system administrators should understand how to crack a system and know how to protect against crackers.
The real one knows it!...

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Thanks for the obvious again!!! 2002-05-06
Anonymous
Post something constructive for your "level" of knowledge, please....

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-06
OhMyJonStatesTheObviousYetAgain
Nice to see Jon is continuing with his usual "Man, ain't I smart! Its too bad none of you are as smart as me...especially those of you with CISSPs!" writing style.

Oh do please continue to point out the obvious. We untutored security professionals need your help and guidance....what would we ...

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Thou Art Exalted On High 2002-05-07
Anonymous
We praise and worship you....you card carrying CISSP......

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-07
Anonymous
Good article, but I think it should be a starting point to something bigger.
I will use some lines from Your article :

... There's a big, seemingly unassailable, problem with computer security today.
It's a people problem, not a technology problem. ...

No argument hire.

... The problem...

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Teaching the Rules of the Road 2002-05-09
Anonymous
This was a very obvious, boring article.. Dead weight, careless administrators will always exist-- but wait, they may be driving broken down cars, too!

YAWN.....

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