Re: [cobalt-security] Bind News

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Gossi The Dog" <gossi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Nono.  You don't have to pay for security.  Anything a security consultant
> can do, you can also do yourself for free.  True, you have to spend time
> to learn whatever it is you need to learn, but thats true with anything
> computing, innit?

Hey, you didn't *have* to pay for a cobalt and all of the perl scripting
that came with it... you could have bought a plain linux box and written the
software yourself...

> Network security has always been one of those things with indivuals have
> driven with free information, and which corperations and indiviuals have
> tagged along with and tried to make profit out of.

That's what they said about linux... and sendmail... and....

The key words in the preceeding email:

> > Are you prepared to spend the appropriate time and/or money on security?

Notice he said spend the time... security consultants are for those with
neither the time nor the desire to learn, whether thats because you're a CEO
with minimal computer interest, or head of an understaffed IT department.

Sure you don't have to pay for security... but if I had the cash, and lacked
the desire, I would.

Kevin