Re: [cobalt-security] RE: 'On my Soap Box'

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Mark Anderson" <cronus@xxxxxx>


> > Your server will, at some point, be scanned/attacked/compromised
>
> I beg to disagree...
> The only hinderence to efficient
> security is laziness. The ability to successfully attack a machine and
gain
> elevated privileges is allot more difficult and requires more
intelligence.

To carry out a successfull security policy you need to know how the
attackers work. Script kiddies can get access to software that will crack a
vulnerable machine with a single command.

> I am 19, I have had no formal training or education that would help my job
> yet I have been keeping upwards of 5 servers secure and operational for
> two years now.

Good for you. Sooner or later, however, you will be hacked. If the hackers
are really good, and you're not quite so attuned to their methods, you may
never even know it. I've heard many stories from system admins who were
receiving DoS attacks, traced the attack, and found the system admin on the
other end swearing that the attacking machine was not compromised.

Kevin