Re: Be very careful from now on...

the OS isn't really the issue with polling places.  It is the compilation
software that is the problem.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Condon, Mike" <M1C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: Be very careful from now on...


> So which OS for polling places - Linux variation?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Franz [mailto:franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:30 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Be very careful from now on...
>
>
> Several years ago, it was reported that hackers had been inside
> MS development systems for up to 30 days prior to MS realizing it.
> The only thing new is the public perception and whether they got new code.
>
> A side note that most of the electronic voting machines use MS OS's
> and please don't tell me that thousands of city/county governments
> are going to have a "tight" security system, especially when polling
> stations
> can be anywhere.
>
> The iSeries question: Think about how to protect your iSeries
> given the assumption the local lan or wan has or could be compromised.
> Are local lan iSeries passwords in the clear? There are some out there
> already running ssl on the local lan. What checks might you do
> do to verify (beyond user/pwd) the authenticity of work?
> jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Be very careful from now on...
>
>
> > First, anyone that touts "security through obscurity" is naive and
> shouldn't
> > be listened to anyway.
> >
> > Second, if it takes a Windows source code leak to make you worry about
> > security, you are already way behind the curve.
> >
> > In all honesty, a Windows source code leak should have no real affect on
> > your security concerns because you should have had everything locked
down
> > under the assumption that your OS has the ability to be hacked (whether
it
> > is AS/400, Windows, Unix or Nintendo).
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Hans Boldt" <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: Be very careful from now on...
> >
> >
> > > Adam Lang wrote:
> > > > Be careful about what?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Some people have been touting the advantages of "security through
> > > obscurity". That argument can no longer be used in defense of MS's
> > > closed source O/S. With source code available for direct inspection,
> > > there is the very real concern that unscrupulous people now have a new
> > > technique for discovering security holes in MS software. Anyone who
uses
> > > an MS O/S (which includes practically all of us) now has more reason
> > > than ever to be concerned.
> > >
> > > Cheers! Hans
> >
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