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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- The Blackhat Briefings got underway this morning at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev. Conference organizer Jeff Moss kicked off the session and took the time to describe what he had in mind for the benefit of first-time attendees. A crowd of nearly 2,000 was still getting settled in their seats as Moss began by explaining that he did not want an academic conference, with presenters delivering presentations and attendees sitting quietly and taking notes. He encouraged everyone to make the sessions interactive, asking questions, challenging speakers, and sharing knowledge with others. He also pointed out that folks here will not get pigeon-holed by vendors and forced to listen to sales spiels. The vendors have been encouraged to staff their booths with engineers instead of marketing drones.
I don't know, this is really not a new concept. Any sysadmin worth his salt already assumes that the network is not safe and does what ever is possible to lock down each server (close ports, turn off deamons, run a packet filter, good passwords, software updates etc.)
As for the windows boxes... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! (wipes tears of mirth from face)
Well, you can click on the "protect my computer check box and set your internet zone to "breaks active X" but really your ass is still hanging out in the wind.
One of the zone alarm type personal firewalls can help but unfortunatly I find that people get so tired of it asking them if things can run they end up just clicking "allow" without even reading and understanding what they are allowing.
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As for the windows boxes... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! (wipes tears of mirth from face)
Well, you can click on the "protect my computer check box and set your internet zone to "breaks active X" but really your ass is still hanging out in the wind.
One of the zone alarm type personal firewalls can help but unfortunatly I find that people get so tired of it asking them if things can run they end up just clicking "allow" without even reading and understanding what they are allowing.