Interesting comments from ITEC

[zscoundrel]

$10K???  Wow, am I in the wrong part of IT!!!

Bradley Miller wrote:

> Whew -- made it in just in time for the keynote speaker from Counterpane's
> Bruce Schneier.   One thing that I found interesting was his view on
> security -- it shouldn't be the victim who's held responsible for the
> action. That was my very point the other day.  I wasn't inviting people
> into my system, I don't pass out passwords, or do anything else to give
> them a red carpet welcome.   His points were valid -- no system is ever
> going to be secure.  It's a matter of detecting and minimizing the threats.   
> 
> Oh -- and if anyone is wondering . . . from what I've looked at so far,
> monitoring with Counterpane's service is about $10K per month.   It's a bit
> pricey for what I need, but if my coloc's NOC would do it . . . I'd gladly
> pay service fee for monitoring.
> 
> -- Bradley Miller
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-- 
At 20, I was liberal, because I had nothing to lose and so much to gain.
by 40, I was conservative, because I had so much to lose and so little to gain.
Isn't it amazing what 20 years of hard work and experience will do for ones' point of view?