RE: [Nolug] Radius & Tacacs+

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, John Souvestre wrote:

> Hi Jeremy.
>
> > I remember the good old days when you worried about
> > a lot less crap than you do now.
>
> Before computers were networked? :)

Computers were networked a LONG time before people wanted to do "bad"
things on the network. Or until it became profittable. Core stuff like
IP, DNS, SMTP were designed with no security -- cause back in the good old
days, you didn't need security.

Why would you *want* to forge your IP packet? They you wouldn't get any
replies!

Why would you *want* to poison DNS cache? They you'd end up at the wrong
website!!

Why would you *want* for forge your email address? Then the recipient
couldn't reply!!

Things got a lot worse when the answer to those questions changed from
"cause we can" to "cause we can make money".

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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