 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
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kudos:13 | The Internet is Evil (Louisville Infosec) »securitytube.net/The-Internet-is···deo.aspx
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Most of us know that the Internet is evil, but John wants us to do something about it. He challenges us to think differently about defense, question how much, if any, Internet access your users shouldJohn Strand have. He also brings up a good point about the perceptions of users. Many believe that the average user is not knowledgeable about computers, when in reality they are using anonymizing proxies to bypass corporate web filtering. John then went on to identify two areas of "security" that need improvement. I put "security" in quotes, because it's a false sense of security that the following provide:
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said by Cudni:» securitytube.net/The-Internet-is···deo.aspx".. Most of us know that the Internet is evil, but John wants us to do something about it. He challenges us to think differently about defense, question how much, if any, Internet access your users shouldJohn Strand have. He also brings up a good point about the perceptions of users. Many believe that the average user is not knowledgeable about computers, when in reality they are using anonymizing proxies to bypass corporate web filtering. John then went on to identify two areas of "security" that need improvement. I put "security" in quotes, because it's a false sense of security that the following provide: .." Cudni I place a screwdriver on a table and watch for a million years it never drove a screw. Put it in the hand of a human and it can do a lot more than simply drive screws.
"The internet" is a tool a wonderful/terrible one but just a tool |
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I place a screwdriver on a table and watch for a million years it never drove a screw. Put it in the hand of a human and it can do a lot more than simply drive screws.
"The internet" is a tool a wonderful/terrible one but just a tool
I could place Punji stick pits or Claymores on the pathways of our nearby hiking trails and they might never harm anyone - unless people walked the path without checking for booby traps or mines. They're just holes, bamboo sticks and machines.
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Define "us". |
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ohn then went on to identify two areas of "security" that need improvement. I put "security" in quotes, because it's a false sense of security that the following provide:
* Anti-virus -
I stopped reading at "anti-virus." Anyone who still believes it is effective or necessary is either a shill for the AV companies or living in the remote past. |
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You have to understand... the Internet is a series of tubes. Those tubes can be filled with evil, and when you use it, your traffic gets mixed with the evil, and it's going to do evil things to anyone that takes your stuff from that tube. 
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EGeezerSummertimePremium
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| said by Blackbird:You have to understand... the Internet is a series of tubes. Those tubes can be filled with evil, and when you use it, your traffic gets mixed with the evil, and it's going to do evil things to anyone that takes your stuff from that tube. I've found that setting the RFC3514 evil bit eliminates that issue.
said by Pogo :
We have met teh internets and it is us.
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BlackbirdBuilt for SpeedPremium
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| Or, as an immediate, temporary alternative one could use a commercial Internet cleaner to scrub all that nasty evil out of those pipes and tubes: Jasonthenerd Internet Pipe Cleaner
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