Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 21:45:30 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Antisniffer measures (digest of posts) Message-ID: <3A5945EA.94BFBAA1@softweyr.com> References: <000701c07750$eb585e60$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> <20010108122308.J71232@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote:
>
> On 2001-Jan-05 22:51:36 +0300, Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru> wrote:
> >Buying 500$ SNMP controllable switch is CRAZY. I will not do it. It is
> >way too expensive. It will cost us about 4000$.
>
> No-one said security was free. Presumably whatever you are protecting
> has a value (otherwise, why are you protecting it).
This is the point of security, including computer security, that is least
understood. Spending more on security than the value of what you are
protecting is stupid and wasteful.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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