[THIN] Re: Citrix servers and Antivirus software
- From: "Allan Stephens" <algs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 00:36:45 +0800
Here's a thought:
Countries with a non-interventionist foreign policy get hacked less
frequently
Devils's Advocate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nail, Larry" <lnail@xxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:00 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix servers and Antivirus software
>
> Nope, I'm not worried about getting fired... My systems are locked down
> pretty hard and AV protected. I was trying to convey the fact that admins
> need to take this seriously... Like the other message I saw in this
thread,
> WTS is a client of other servers too, so it can infect other systems as
> well.
>
> I perfectly understand the slacker part and I abhor working with people
who
> are... I have no tolerance for that..
>
> Good luck at retirement... If you love this stuff, you'll be back doing it
> someplace else with less stress!
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warner, Kathleen [mailto:kwarner@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:38 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix servers and Antivirus software
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nail, Larry [mailto:lnail@xxxxxx]=20
>
> >Trend isn't all that demanding cpu & memory wise... My view, better
> safe than looking for a job.
>
> You actually worry about losing your job over getting hacked? Well,
you're
> working at the wrong place then. You should come work here. Let machines
> (this includes both servers and workstations) get hacked here and you'll
get
> promoted after spending 2-3 days rebuilding the infected machines from
> scratch. Another important point is to make sure you don't learn your
> lesson and let it happen again by yet again failing to install patches
that
> have been out for months and that could have protected your machines.
Keep
> your machines patched and protected and you'll get ignored and then
brushed
> off and told that you just "got lucky" even when you have tons of logs
> showing that the miscreants who succeeded with hacking the machines that
> weren't under your responsibility umbrella were the same miscreants
thwarted
> on your machines. I've been "getting lucky" for nearly 5.5 years now,
> problem is I just don't have it in me to be a slacker so I guess I'm just
> not ever going to be promotion material here. The only reason I'm not out
> looking for a new job (besides the economy problems) is that fortunately
for
> me, I'm "retiring" soon. /end rant
>
> I loved Ray's comments about riding a horse to work and motorcyle jumping
> the Grand Canyon, ROFL. I'm going to use that "do you ride a horse to
> work?" with one of my friends who still insists on using Win98 and says
the
> same thing, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Nevermind that the machine
is
> like a big blinking neon sign inviting hackers in when they are on the
> internet...
>
>
>
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