Re: [Nolug] social engineering

On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 16:57 -0500, Dave Prentice wrote:
> The term "social engineering" was invented by somebody who is
> "ethically challenged."

I *totally* disagree.

SE defines the scam's vector, and is a perfect description of how
it's done.

It also implies that certain geeks are sociopaths.

> A scam is a scam. They forgot to include
> "Carry a clipboard and you can get in anywhere."
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com

RTA. A clipboard is exactly what he used.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net>
> To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Date: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:00 AM
> Subject: [Nolug] social engineering
>
>
> >I'm sure you guys have heard of social engineering. We always spend
> time
> >considering how to secure our servers and desktops against crackers,
> but how
> >many of us ever consider this kind of attack?
> >
> >http://lineman.net/taxonomy/page/or/30
> >--
> >
> >
> >Joey Kelly
> >< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> >http://joeykelly.net
> >
> >
> >"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
> > --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL
> >
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