At 06:12 PM 6/8/2003 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
at a recent cybersecurity conference, somebody made the statement that (of the current outsider, internet exploits, approximately 1/3rd are buffer overflows, 1/3rd are network traffic containing virus that infects a machine because of automatic scripting, and 1/3 are social engineering (convince somebody to divulge information). As far as I know, evesdropping on network traffic doesn't even show as a blip on the radar screen.
virus attempting to harvest ("shared-secret", single-factor) passwords at financial institutions http//www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/10/1055010959747.html and somewhat related: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aepay11.htm#53 authentication white paper -- Anne & Lynn Wheeler http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/ Internet trivia 20th anv http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com