Re: hotmail password request tool (intranet usage)

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:25:10 -0500, Ulrich Hobelmann wrote:
>
> peter pilsl wrote:
>> Deleting executable attachemnts and unscannable zips from the mail is
>> done in most of the companies I sysadmin. Some Users still click on
>> everything that has a icon and a promising name.
>> MS-click-me-advertising has done some braindamager to the weaker
>> minded.
>
> How about the admins doing their job instead of deleting stuff in users'
> email? Like choosing a secure OS in the first place that runs the
> productivity apps the user needs, or running a solid backup-policy (when
> a stupid user fries his directory, boss screams at him for a while, but
> data can be restored), or running stuff in a sandbox (well, on Windows
> that probably means that you ONLY fry your own directory).

That was really lame. While I run both Linux and Windows workstations I still see threats for Linux and Windows, neither OS is secure, it's all in knowing how to lock each down.

Installing av software and or a firewall policy that blocks malicious attachments from gaining access to company resources is part of an admins job, at least in every government, commercial and private company I've worked for or designed the networks for.

I've been running many platforms since the 70's and never experienced a virus or compromised system on any network I've managed or designed, including Windows based networks/systems, so it would seem that security is not really an issue for the Windows platforms, it's more a problem when you have ignorant administrators or ones that pretend to know about security.

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