, 2008-05-15
In the information-security industry, there are clear and vast gaps in the way academia interacts with professional researchers. While these gaps will be filled in due time, their existence means that security professionals outside the hallowed halls of colleges and universities need to be aware of the differences in how researchers and professionals think.
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"[Attackers] don't repeatedly launch attacks and hope that luck is on their side. You rarely get the chance to run your exploit twice these days."
If the issue is an attack on a specific system or network, I agree with you. But attacks with broad targets (e.g., zombie recruitment, credit card or other sniffing on personal computers) *do* get multiple chances to work, just maybe not on the same computer.
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