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[Fred A. Miller]

On Monday 02 May 2005 8:22 pm, 國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar) wrote:
> Well, I think it really depends on how the system was compromised.  If
> it's just a simple case of the authorised user giving out his password,
> then a password change might be all that you'd need to effect.  Of
> course, I'm assuming that the intruder is an ordinary user.  It all
> boils down to one's judgement of the situation, discovering the facts
> surrounding the case and deciding on how much reliance U want to place
> on your knowledge of these facts.
>
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >>Precisely... and after being compromised I wouldn't trust it to be
> >>"intact". Perhaps I'm slightly paranoid, but I wouldn't trust a
> >>virus-scanner to pickup everything.
> >
> >I wouldn't either! Being a Sys. Admin., I've seen too often when that is
> >exactly the case.
> >
> >Fred

ALL the situations I've had to deal with, haven't been as simply as someone 
giving out a password, and the intrusions have NEVER been internal. Today, I 
replace 'Bloze......don't install it.....period.

Fred

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