[Gllug] Slapper worm

[Mark Lowes]

On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 21:58, Vincent AE Scott wrote:
> Vincent AE Scott(gllug at codex.net)@Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:51:07PM +0100:
> > Mark Lowes(hamster at korenwolf.net)@Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:56:55PM +0100:
> > > 
> > > Security is a balancing act, the only secure machine I have at the
> > > moment is on the desk in the office with no power and no ethernet.
> > > 
> > > All the other machines are insecure to one degree or other.
> > 
> > is it in a safe?
> > to protect it from the cleaners...

Nah, on the desk, though if someone tries to grab it I can always use
the bloody thing as a club (old P100 laptop..heavy..)

> bad form i know.
> 
> that wasnt meant to sound so sarchastic.  but its a point i always feel
> gets left out.  if someone really wanted to get at the data in your
> office, that would certainly be a very easy route to it.

Certainly physical security shouldn't be ignored when trying to build
that secure network, assuming various reports are correct the bulk of
data theft and damage is done from within.  This doesn't suprise me.

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