BrnDmp

Security of systems

interesting post about ‘Dumb Ideas in computer Security’ overview:

• Default Permit
• Enumerating Badness
• Penetrate and Patch
• Hacking is Cool
• Educating Users
• Action is Better Than Inaction

Minor Dumbs:

• “We’re Not a Target”
• “Everyone would be secure if they all just ran <security-flavor-of-the-month>”
• “We don’t need a firewall, we have good host security”
• “We don’t need host security, we have a good firewall”