Re: [Fwd: Question]
Jean-Denis Gorin <[email protected]>
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I also remember [1] the split of the original Firewalls list to Firewalls and FW-Wizards because there were too many messages about firewall solutions configurations... BTW, does the original Firewalls list still exist? [1] Yes, I'm a very long time lurker! > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ArkanoiD > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:10 PM > To: [email protected]; Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List > Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] [Fwd: Question] > > Finally something on the list not related to "how do i > configure my PIX" ;-) > I wonder what happened? We used to have interesting discussions here > years ago, and now everything is reduced to PIX setup? > > P.S. I hate PIX. (and ASA too). Cannot imagine a single case for it to > be optimal solution. But even that is not what i'd like to discuss ;-) > > On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 04:14:44PM -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote: > > I just thought I'd send this along to the list, because it had > > me laughing into my coffee. My friend Olaf is not a security > > practitioner. He's not even an IT guy. He's an artist and a > > professional photographer. > > > > I just love the way that any person with a brain who > > encounters this internet security stuff can immediately > > cut to the core of the problem as Olaf does below: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Question > > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:41:39 -0400 > > From: Olaf S <lightdesigner@----> > > Reply-To: lightdesigner@---- > > To: Ranum Marcus <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > So, I'm watching a piece on the news this morning that > > "hackers" from China, Russia, Korea and maybe others have > > got into the computers that control the electrical grid. > > My question is why the fuck are these computers connected > > to the internet? > > > > Olaf S > > > > > > > > -- > > Marcus J. Ranum CSO, Tenable Network Security, Inc. > > http://www.tenablesecurity.com Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philipp K. Dick