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Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN client security checks


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN client security checks
  • From: Leonard Isham <leonard.isham@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:39:23 -0500

On 1/4/06, Jon Bendtsen <jon.bendtsen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Den onsdag 4.jan kl. 18:23 skrev Leonard Isham:
>
> > Which brings me to a warning of not getting caught up in Security
> > Theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theatre).  Rootkits are
> > designed to evade detection, iptables, and even honeypost technology
> > can provide deceiving information.
> >
> > In other words querying a computer for information is equivalent to
> > asking a person if they are a criminal.  The answer you receive may or
> > may not be accurate.
>
> If they answer they are lying?

That is the dilemma you can't trust the answer. Rootkits hide,
honeypot technology presents services that are not there...

--
Leonard Isham, CISSP
Ostendo non ostento.

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