Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:29:38 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN security breach Message-ID: <20151128202938.067da47a@Papi> In-Reply-To: <n3adh0$vgo$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20151127104401.7fdfd5fd@Papi> <CA%2BtpaK39hDp2Gjrd3gXpH3Nn2LSLwpnjsjN2ZgGcV78us7oQ1A@mail.gmail.com> <n3adh0$vgo$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:13:03 -0500 Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote: > > > >> Any comments on this? > >> > >> https://thehackernews.com/2015/11/vpn-hacking.html > > > > > > Seeing as how it's not Apr 1, I can only assume that site is a > > clown show. > > > > > Serendipitous timing aside, I had a chance to run this by a friend > this morning. They've known all about it for years but it is against > their interest to divulge. He just laughed and said: "This is just > the tip of the iceberg as far as we're concerned". > > This is just civilians eventually discovering something that has been > known by some for quite a while. Then the infotainment media needs to > use it to make a buck by crying wolf and the sky is about to fall. > Click bait and advertising revenue. > > The major computer/network security issues aren't technical. > Technical issues are readily addressable by those competent enough to > do so. The real problem is the social office, and the psychology of > office power-politics. Until the hierarchical human dynamic changes > OPM style hacks will remain a dime a dozen, ad infinitum ad nauseum. > > -Mike Thanks to all that cared to comment ! -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."
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