The most insecure part of your network is…

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 13, 2010

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“I was recently reminded while troubleshooting a
friend’s small business network of where most computer systems’
real security weaknesses lie. Where do you think it is? The desktop
operating system, which was Windows XP SP3? The server operating
systems, which were Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Novell’s SLES (SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server) 11 SP1? Or, the Sonicwall TZ 210 firewall
appliance?

“The answer was, of course, none of the above.”


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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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