WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Jay Ashworth
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/security-when-the-bad-guys-have-technology-too-how-do-we-survive/ Three words: "desktop gene sequencing", "ebola", "script kiddies". I dunno how to fix it either. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.c

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jay Ashworth wrote: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/security-when-the-bad-guys-have-technology-too-how-do-we-survive/ Three words: "desktop gene sequencing", "ebola", "script kiddies". I dunno how to fix it either. I think that's six words - twice as scary. I dunno how to fix it either

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Darius Jahandarie
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/security-when-the-bad-guys-have-technology-too-how-do-we-survive/ Although I don't disagree with Bruce, this sort of "scare article" doesn't seem to be very in character for him. -- Darius Jahandarie

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:56:51 -0400, Miles Fidelman said: > I think that's six words - twice as scary. I dunno how to fix it either > ("when in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout?") I don't think script kiddies with gene sequencers will manage to kill us with Ebola, for the

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Owen DeLong
Not really anything all that new from a conceptual perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZo5k0V9M0 Owen On Mar 14, 2013, at 5:39 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:56:51 -0400, Miles Fidelman said: > >> I think that's six words - twice as scary. I dunno how to

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Jay Ashworth
Original Message - > From: "Owen DeLong" > Not really anything all that new from a conceptual perspective: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZo5k0V9M0 Maybe, but bio is a bigger spread hazard than nuke, and harder to test for -- which is probably why, by policy, DOD/NCA treats it as

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Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Patrick
On 2013-03-14 13:56, Jay Ashworth wrote: > http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/security-when-the-bad-guys-have-technology-too-how-do-we-survive/ > > Three words: "desktop gene sequencing", "ebola", "script kiddies". When the costs of offense fall, a pretty good response is to drive the costs of d

Re: What do you have in your datacenters' toolbox?

2013-03-14 Thread Jeroen van Aart
On 03/10/2013 07:33 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: "Aaron Glenn" I have a requirement to stock an actual, physical toolbox with power tools, drill bits, and other useful accoutrements one would use in a 'typical' datacenter. If you look back about a year, Aaron,

Re: WW: Bruce Schneier on why security can't work

2013-03-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There's nothing much new in the article other than that the usual headline grabbing soundbite and tortured big bang analogy --srs (htc one x) On 15-Mar-2013 6:04 AM, "Darius Jahandarie" wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > > > http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/secu

Re: What do you have in your datacenters' toolbox?

2013-03-14 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:57 AM, R A Lichtensteiger wrote: > Probably not for simultaneous use, though and the latter assumes a > POTS line or VOIP adapter in the data center. Handie-talkies on unregulated 30MHz or whatever (i.e., the ones you can buy at Radio Shack) are certainly useful, as are