On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:37:12PM -0400, Shayne Lebrun is rumored to have said:
>
> > The *only* way to pull that off is to totally ignore security updates
> > (and the subsequent reboot). No thanks. :)
>
> Yes, and for an internal machine, properly firewalled and segmented from the
> public internet, this is a perfectly acceptable practice.
>
Except when you consider that about 50% of hacking incidents are "internal"(1),
perpetrated by either current or former employees. Add that to the potential for
damage when one of your users opens a nimda-infected e-mail and you'll quickly find
out just why you need to be every bit as security concious on the LAN as at the edge.
--
Steve Thomas
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"...subatomic matter in a particle accelerator that exists
for only a few microseconds seems to exhibit more uptime
than the RIAA's website."
-- Andrew Orlowski
TheRegister.co.uk
(1) Gathered from various news articles - google is your friend. Here's one example:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2106959,00.html
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