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mobrien_12:

--- Quote from: worker201 ---Despite all the hype, I'm pretty sure that someone can take remote control of your computer through a Windows flaw only if you get caught with your pants down, the outside temperature is over 75F, there's a sale at Target, and somebody who is really intent on personally fucking you over has been sitting in front of his computer hacking away for at least 42 hours straight.  More than likely, even these conditions won't guarantee success.
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Wow.  You don't remember Code Red at all do you?

mobrien_12:

--- Quote from: worker201 ---Despite all the hype, I'm pretty sure that someone can take remote control of your computer through a Windows flaw only if you get caught with your pants down, the outside temperature is over 75F, there's a sale at Target, and somebody who is really intent on personally fucking you over has been sitting in front of his computer hacking away for at least 42 hours straight.  More than likely, even these conditions won't guarantee success.
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Let me tell you from someone who has had to deal with network admins who don't know what the fuck they are doing.

It's EXTREMELY possible.

And then the network admins will freak out because they totally fucked up in the first place and now they have a nightmare.  They tell you do do shit with your boxen when you weren't the problem, THEY WERE, and everyone  else in the building was.  You politely tell them to go fuck themselves and they don't know what the fuck they are talking about.  They insist.  YOu tell them to find you $20,000 to implement the changes they want.  THey grumble and go away.  They get hacked again because they are fucking morons and they shut off your boxen assuming it was you because you wouldn't listen to their stupid shit when they don't know what they are talking about.  You go up to them and show them how to look at their own fucking logs and they find out what morons they are because it's THEIR boxen that were hacked and they were too fucking stupid to read their own logs.


Sorry... I'm still bitter over that.

Anyhow, I agree, people should cover themselves.  IT's ironic though.  DHS is saying to do this, when they have gotten very very low marks for computer security.

pofnlice:
You think that's bad? Most local servers in the army are administered by a 2nd lieutenant from communications branch who's only knowledge is asking the sergeants to get something done for them. Fortunately, At the higher levels of the network, the Govt hires civilian professionals to maintain the installation wide network servers...usually. Unfortunately, I one is doing a favor for a buddy and gets him hire, but buddy has no idea of what to do, the govt will put them through a 2 week course and call them expert.

H_TeXMeX_H:
Well if government computers run Window$ (how foolish of them, not that I ever thought highly of them) ... then I suppose they should be concerned. Really it doesn't matter, Window$ will never be secure no matter what you do to it. It's like patching a dam full of holes, it just won't work.

piratePenguin:
The US DHS puts some money into securing free software products too: http://news.com.com/Homeland+Security+helps+secure+open-source+code/2100-1002_3-6025579.html

There's plenty of important computers that run this software, so it's not a huge surprise (but it is good of them).

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