At first I was confused that a whitehat was decrying fear-mongering. Then I realized; Whitehats love fear mongering but with some finesse, lest anyone become fearful enough to actually create/implement secure software/systems.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:57 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:06:58 EDT, J Michael Graham said: >> Man, I LOVE sayin it. I say it all the time. Boss comes in talking >> about budget cuts, I just stand up shouting "CYBERWAR!!" and he backs >> out the doorway. Mission accomplished. > > I find completing sentences with "As prophesied in ancient scripture" does > that to bosses too. > > The problem is that most of what we've seen has been more properly described > as 'cyber-espionage' or 'cyber-border-skirmish'. But most journalist's eyes > glaze over if there's more than 7-8 letters in the word, so we're stuck with > them using 'cyberwar'. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
