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On 25/04/10 10:00 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> PCI compliance doesn't go into details. The whole thing is a crock of
>> shit really. Installation of tripwire was one of the requirements on the
>> list of 10,000 or so, so that's what I am trying to implement.  Then
>> again, so was anti-virus software on Linux...
> 
> Welcome to the wonderful world of PCI.  Have fun with password lockout!  I
> love security standards that require you to turn an unsuccessful
> compromise attempt into a successful denial of service attack.
> 

I also love the fact that "compliance" to the standard is going to
give a lot of enterprises the excuse to say "We are secure because
we're PCI DSS compliant".

/me puts head in hands at the victory of "standards" over risk
management.

Regards

James Turnbull

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