[ISN] Re: SANS Top 20 Vulnerability List Updated

From: InfoSec News (isnat_private)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:10:45 PST

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    Forwarded from: Felix von Leitner <leitnerat_private>
    
    Thus spake InfoSec News (isnat_private):
    
    > NIST has been working with SANS to provide an enhanced top 20
    > vulnerability list. The original list produced by SANS and the FBI
    > contained 20 important vulnerability areas with reference to over
    > 140 specific vulnerabilities.
    
    Short question: what the hell is going on here? What significance
    could this have at all besides SANS telling us that they consider
    themselves of earth-shattering importance?
    
    Top 20 vulnerabilities?  Is this an E! franchise?
    
    Why is worthless crap like a "top 20 vulnerabilities" list even done
    at all?  Why not pay those obviously very talented and highly
    respected members of the security community to actually do something
    useful, like _do_ something against security vulnerabilities instead
    of doing PR work?
    
    Sheesh.  What's next?  The top 20 deseases causing bowel movement?
    
    Felix
    
    
    
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