RE: Question re security
- From: bill thater <shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 06:22:01 -0800
I'm afraid I've had several gigs where several found things they
thought it would be "fun to run" and " see if I noticed" well I did and
that's why I'm not there any more;-)
sent from my Windows Phone
Bill"shrek" thater Oracle DBA
Shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx
"one ping to rule them all
One ping to find them
One ping to bring them all
And in the mutex bind them!"
From: Nuno Souto
Sent: 1/21/2014 5:46 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Question re security
On 21/01/2014 1:44 PM, De DBA wrote:
>
> On 20/01/14 18:55, Nuno Souto wrote:
>> As such, changing the initial port is a good annoyance value: it
>> makes finding which port the real "meat" is in slightly harder to find.
>
> Nonsense. Performing a port scan is trivial and quick, and probably
> something every script kiddy has started his attack with since the
> beginning of time ( 1-1-1970 ;) ). Ostrich policy is never a good
> security policy, as it only serves to give the CIO a warm fuzzy
> feeling without achieving anything worthwhile. Only confuses & annoys
> the next admin to take your chair.
>
Tony, normal office workers are NOT script kiddies.
Please REREAD what I wrote and comment IN CONTEXT.
I have very little patience nowadays for "nonsense" comments.
particularly from people with difficulty reading.
OK?
Oh, and there will NOT be a next admin taking my chair, I can assure you
and all the other would be pretenders of that!
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Cheers
Nuno Souto
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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