Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-03 Thread Michael O'Donnell
I am one of those who occasionally degrades the normally excellent S/N ratio on this channel by posting OT commentary, so I do not presume to lecture from a holier-than-thou position, but simply to remind us all that the GNHLUG is essentially a captive audience. The Net is wonderful and offers

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-03 Thread Kevin D. Clark
[please configure your mailer to wrap lines correctly] "Philip M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I really don't see what the fuss is all about. Some lawyers passed some laws, some >law enforcement wonks got their wishlist. Who > really cares? If you suddenly find your local judge prosecuting y

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-03 Thread Philip M
- Original Message - From: "Derek D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Rich Cloutier
- Original Message - From: "Derek D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich Cloutier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "gnhlug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:06 AM Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill.

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Rich Cloutier
- Original Message - From: "Tom Rauschenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gnhlug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:13 PM Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...) > On Tuesday 02 October 2001 22:54, Rich Clouti

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Derek D. Martin
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:54:59PM -0400, Rich Cloutier wrote: > > From: "Thomas M. Albright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terro

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 22:54, Rich Cloutier wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Thomas M. Albright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: Website defacement (was

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Rich Cloutier
- Original Message - From: "Thomas M. Albright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...) > If the web site id that important to the busi

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Thomas M. Albright
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:21 AM > Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...) > > > > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 08:52:06PM -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: "Derek D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...) >

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Derek D. Martin
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:40:23PM -0400, Rich C wrote: > > Secondly because in the vast majority of cases, even when > > the attacks succeed, the real damage is almost nonexistant. > > Oh really? Tell that to the guy across the hall from me who has had to > rebuild all of his Win2k/IIS servers b

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-02 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: "Derek D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:21 AM Subject: Re: Website defacement (

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-01 Thread Derek D. Martin
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 01:21:30AM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > > I am not saying the ill-conceived, reactionary measures under > > discussion in Congress are justified. I believe they are not. But > > the fact of the matter is, comparing a network security compromise > > to a kid throwing

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-01 Thread Derek D. Martin
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 08:52:06PM -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > ... and the affected site should be able to replace the trashed web > > server in about 15 minutes, IF they notice it's been trashed, and IF > > they have a proper disaster recovery pla

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-01 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > comparing a network security compromise to a kid throwing > a brick through a window is just not reasonable, either. Unless you postulate that it's being bunged through from the *inside*, by someone who doesn't belong there. :-) Then the analogy works, I think. -- #ken

Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-01 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Derek D. Martin wrote: > ... and the affected site should be able to replace the trashed web > server in about 15 minutes, IF they notice it's been trashed, and IF > they have a proper disaster recovery plan. There is no way you are going to recover from a security compromis