http://consumerist.com/2011/05/security-expert-sony-knew-its-software-was-obsolete-months-before-psn-breach.html
"Security experts monitoring open Internet forums learned months ago that Sony was using outdated versions of the Apache Web server software, which 'was unpatched and had no firewall installed.' The issue was 'reported in an open forum monitored by Sony employees' two to three months prior to the recent security breaches." If this were an episode of The Odd Couple, Felix would rest his face between his hands and say, "Sony! Sony! Sony!" http://www.oddcouple.info/sounds.html http://www.oddcouple.info/sounds/oscar.wav Tom -- Dec 4-9, Boston, Usenix LISA, www.usenix.org/event/lisa11 Dec 4-5, Boston, ACM CHIMIT, chimit.acm.org "Call for papers and talk proposals" open at LISA and CHIMIT! _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
