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Openness and Security on Campus
djeaux writes "The April issue of Syllabus includes an interview with Jeff Schiller, Network Manager at MIT, about openness and security in academic computing. Schiller has some interesting things to say about product liability for software, including an out for open source software and boils security down to a simple maxim: You must install patches. He also says that what makes security hard is that it's a 'negative deliverable.'"
For beginners, streaking has totally gotta come back in style.
I've found that my posts don't format quite right w/o a sig.
I read in a magazine recently that a Microsoft exec said Windows users would be "much safer" if we all would just download software patches from Windows Update. According to the article, no one took him seriously.
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Openness and security are mutually exclusive
Shhhhhh. Don't let the OSS community hear that, it may discourage them.
they make the Girls Dorm open source
You forgot the razor wire, the minefield, the 18 foot tall concrete wall, and the ant-aircraft guns. Oh, and don't forget about the B-1 Bomber fleet with a heaping pile of MOAB's... While we're at it, let's throw in some propaganda and tactical nukes and some chemical and biological--
Oh wait... This is just getting plain silly.
Firewalls, patches, and frequent monitoring for suspicious activities... yep... Along with a prayer, that's about the best you can do.
Or re-plug in the server. Then go back to your car and download everything out of it before anyone knows.
"Piter, too, is dead."