I would argue that physical security should be you're foremost consideration. I remember watching a rather amusing documentary a little while ago (British TV) following a kind of 'freelance' cracker. He described how one of the best sources of passwords and other sensitive information was the unmonitored garbage cans. In one scene he literally casually walked in(!!!) to an office building, laptop and equipment in hand, sat down in an office and began running packet sniffers etc.
After concluding his business, he walked out (at no point during his 30-or-so-minute stay was he confronted by a member of staff) and phoned the head office up to tell them what he had just been doing, and suggested they had a security problem.
Update: Oh, and if you want more example's of complete ineptitude when it comes to security matters, just take a look at the countless blunders attributed to the UK government...
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|
