While additional security measures for BBSes may be minimal, is there interest in a fsxNET security echo?
Discuss security, white-hat hacking, privacy concerns, etc?
While additional security measures for BBSes may be minimal, is there interest in a fsxNET security echo?
Discuss security, white-hat hacking, privacy concerns, etc?
Maybe not limited to just BBSes, but white-hat hacking and security in general could be interesting.
I'm not sure if an stand alone echo is required, but it is, as those who have seen my messages in the General section, a subject that interestsComputer security is vital when we open ports on our computers and or servers.
me and I think need attention.
2twisty wrote to All <=-
I know other nets have some of this, but is there reason/"market" for
this in fsxNET?
I'd rather talk to people paid to do infosec
I'd like a discussion area, but PLEASE, no auto-posting of news
articles. A couple of infosec echoes read like an RSS feed with a
snippet of the article. I'd rather talk to people paid to do infosec,
as well as seeing what other people do to secure their kit - especially since many of us are exposing our home networks to the internet to run
a BBS.
What did I ever do to you that you want to make me talk to sysops about security? It’s painful enough in fsxgen. :)
Essentially, whenever a topic in fsxGEN comes up frequently, we should consider a dedicated echo for that topic.
Andre Robitaille wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I'd rather talk to people paid to do infosec
What did I ever do to you that you want to make me talk to sysops about security? It's painful enough in fsxgen. :)
We should all be working in infosec. The demand is high and the bar low these days. I've spoken to people in infosec lately that didn't know enough about the lower levels of the network to be able to be effective - not understanding the difference between TCP, UDP and ICMP, for example, and not understanding the need for each.
While additional security measures for BBSes may be minimal, is there interest in a fsxNET security echo?
Discuss security, white-hat hacking, privacy concerns, etc?
I think that keeping up with what's going on in the security world
would be something that the average BBS user these days would be
interested in.
Andre Robitaille wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Yeah, that's all the new kids rolling in. I had to give up trying to
hire people that had systems/network background or understanding. It's
all kinda on the job training these days.
Yeah, that's all the new kids rolling in. I had to give up trying to hire people that had systems/network background or understanding. It' all kinda on the job training these days.
In all fairness, we don't all need to be multi-talented rock stars. At
the end of the day, someone still needs to enter data into Excel...
In all fairness, we don't all need to be multi-talented rock stars. At the end of the day, someone still needs to enter data into Excel...
At the time I'm referencing, I only had senior people on my team. Junior and mid-level were on a different team that I farmed. So I only had
ninja rockstar jedi gurus.
It's nice to have Jedi, but they often despise doing stuff the padawans should be doing.
2twisty wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
It would be nice to be able to hire someone who could explain the difference between a router and a switch. May not need to know how to program them, but at least a working knowledge of the basic concepts.
2twisty wrote to Andre Robitaille <=-
It's nice to have Jedi, but they often despise doing stuff the padawans should be doing.
I've worked (past tense, thankfully) where the level 3 people didn't respect the helpdesk and level 1/2 people, and when given an
opportunity to promote from within hindered the process.
I'd like a discussion area, but PLEASE, no auto-posting of news
articles. A couple of infosec echoes read like an RSS feed with a
snippet of the article. I'd rather talk to people paid to do infosec,
as well as seeing what other people do to secure their kit - especially since many of us are exposing our home networks to the internet to run
a BBS.
Which is precisely why I suggested it. If you want to read/discuss security, you can go to the echo, and keep fsxGEN for general topics.
Essentially, whenever a topic in fsxGEN comes up frequently, we should consider a dedicated echo for that topic.
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I'm open to this. Would you and Twisty (any anyone else interested) be happy to work on some thoughts that frame up the focus of the echo, an echo tag etc. and post that discussion here. I could use what is agreed
as the basis to create an echo should consensus be found.
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