RE: Network-Security Expert Says Colleges Should Do More to Protect Their Computers

[Adam Wilkinson]

- --On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:39 AM -0400 Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org> 
wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Paul Killey wrote:
>
> > This idea of universities having different problems w/ security than
> > private sector outfits I think is nutty.  Also, the combination of
> > Pollyanna-ish advice like "don't open enclosures" and "everyone can do
> > their bit" and "this stuff is really hard and universities can't get it
> > it done" is causing some cognitive dissonance for me.
> as is the $500 reward they're offering for a "good" worm to clean things
> up. not a bad idea in theory, but...
I'll complete Dug's statement, wearing my UM Virus Busters hat:

"there's no such thing as a good virus/worm/Trojan. Any code that someone 
else slips onto your computer is a Bad Thing."


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Adam Wilkinson              awilkins@umich.edu              734/936-8368
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