I think that scientists are finally starting to get the point. The advancement of science is not just about gaining money. We all know that is what would have happened had the Genome project been fully patented. Science is around to advance humanity, not to sell knowledge to the highest bidder. I am glad some people finally had the common sense to get it right. -Eric Lubow IM: madbombx
This goes back to my original comment posted above on people taking initiative on how to secure themselves from the outside world. I have a certain amount of admiration for people who want to learn things such as this.
Anyways, the Sercity-How-To would be an excellent place to begin. Along with check some of the other how-tos. Shadow Password and Secure Programs would also be decent documents. Beyond that, make sure to keep a constant eye on Bugtraq (mailing list) as well as CERT advisories for newly found bugs.
I think one of the major problems now a days is the lax attitude taken towards mailicious events such as this. I understand that to the ignorant public, this is meaningless, but the knowing (nerds of the world) should help to stop some of these "attrosities".
I am not talking about government interjection either. The last thing the intelligent internet public needs is more censorship by the government. The whole should not be punished for the actions of a few. The fact that they want to put $9M dollars into security is ridiculous. Leave security in the hands of the administrators. If they don't feel that security is important enough to look into, then they deserve to be taken down. We all know that security is an important issue. It should be dealt with on every machine; even going as low on the food chain as the average home user.
The idea of security should not just be left to the computer junkies who know everything about everything. Security should be a concept that is driven home to more people than just SysAdmins and Webmasters. It is a net-wide problem that has to be dealt with at the core. And in this case, the core is the incompetent, otherwise known as average users.
I think that if the government wants to spend $9M dollars on cyber security, they should spend it where it counts and drive the point home. It should be spent on educating the average Joe. They do it with every other major problem: drugs, pregnancy, smoking...so why not hit home with a problem that we can foresee getting worse rather than waiting to the real problem hits. Get the point out to the average user that they need to be careful. If they are not, they are then succeptablet o any number of possible problems. Of that this is just my opinion, but usually its right:). I know this is a strong viewpoint, but hell, we all have our own opinions.
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I think that scientists are finally starting to get the point. The advancement of science is not just about gaining money. We all know that is what would have happened had the Genome project been fully patented. Science is around to advance humanity, not to sell knowledge to the highest bidder. I am glad some people finally had the common sense to get it right. -Eric Lubow IM: madbombx
Anyways, the Sercity-How-To would be an excellent place to begin. Along with check some of the other how-tos. Shadow Password and Secure Programs would also be decent documents. Beyond that, make sure to keep a constant eye on Bugtraq (mailing list) as well as CERT advisories for newly found bugs.
I am not talking about government interjection either. The last thing the intelligent internet public needs is more censorship by the government. The whole should not be punished for the actions of a few. The fact that they want to put $9M dollars into security is ridiculous. Leave security in the hands of the administrators. If they don't feel that security is important enough to look into, then they deserve to be taken down. We all know that security is an important issue. It should be dealt with on every machine; even going as low on the food chain as the average home user.
The idea of security should not just be left to the computer junkies who know everything about everything. Security should be a concept that is driven home to more people than just SysAdmins and Webmasters. It is a net-wide problem that has to be dealt with at the core. And in this case, the core is the incompetent, otherwise known as average users.
I think that if the government wants to spend $9M dollars on cyber security, they should spend it where it counts and drive the point home. It should be spent on educating the average Joe. They do it with every other major problem: drugs, pregnancy, smoking...so why not hit home with a problem that we can foresee getting worse rather than waiting to the real problem hits. Get the point out to the average user that they need to be careful. If they are not, they are then succeptablet o any number of possible problems. Of that this is just my opinion, but usually its right :). I know this is a strong viewpoint, but hell, we all have our own opinions.