Re: [ga] Net security's a losing battle

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Joanna Lane wrote:

> HI Patrick,
>
> Your comments are interesting, but what caught my attention was Scheier's
> comments about having enough data, but not knowing how to use it, and his
> viewpoint that companies are reluctant to report cyberattacks because of the
> stigma, making things worse. These appear later in the article.

It's not just stigma, it's a potential liability issue as well.

I do believe that the idea that Internet security is a losing battle is
alarmist hogwash.

Hit something with a stick for long enough and eventually the object of
attention is going to take steps to avoid getting hit.


> I don't mean to split hairs, but on a point of order, when replying to my
> post, you deleted all reference to the publisher of the original article,
> ZDNet (UK) and the article's writer, Wendy McAuliffe. The casual observer
> might think I had written the quote, or that it expressed my views, whereas
> my intention was only to post a reference to an independant source of
> information without personal comment.

My apologies regarding the redaction.


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