RE: Here is a real reality check for every PC user...

The bad guys keep getting smarter, and then the script kiddies take
their stuff and hammer things up. And of course, those are just the
things we know about...the concern are the things we don't know about,
and are biding their time, waiting for some event.


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Here is a real reality check for every PC user...
> From: "Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, December 28, 2005 10:00 am
> To: "'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> What fun, eh ?
> 
> Sad thing is, at this point in time you would THINK things should have
> gotten better then they were, say 5 years ago; but I really think they have
> gotten worse. These new methods of penetration are much harder to detect
> (root kits) and tend to hid better (i.e. the viruses are NOT trashing the
> system but rather planting back doors and key loggers for spamming, identity
> theft, etc).
> 
> Chuck
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:44 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Here is a real reality check for every PC user...
> 
> I agree with that. I did a project for a park authority once (lots of
> political posturing and such) and one of the board members (lawyer by
> trade) got in my face and demanded that I guarantee that the system I
> had just established (VPN over the Internet) was absolutely hacker
> proof. I refused to do so and told him that any computer system that's
> attached to a network can be compromised. It's just a matter of time,
> talent and resources.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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