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Fear and Loathing in Information Security
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Ego's gone wild |
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2005-02-15 10:27:45 |
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I find it unimpressive when I meet some self proclaimed "hackers" that download someone else's tools & run them from a GUI. These pests seem to think that all admins hold the keys to all the doors, network security, etc in all situations & are quick to say you "deserve" to be hacked without the necessary precautions. Yes, if you are at the helm of all the doors, you should have all the keys, but for many business purposes, network, security, sysadmin are entirely independant & rely on communication & language each may/may not understand. So when a server gets hacked with a rootkit downloaded from some scriptie at 2am in Brazil; I wish for once I could have him/her in front of me explaining why they did it, then let me retort.... |
