On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:23 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02/23/11 6:08 PM, Machin, Greg wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have had an enquiry from the Network and Security guy. He wants to
>> know why CentOS 5.5 /RHEL 5 is using a very old version of bind
>> âbind-chroot-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3â when the latest release that has many
>> security fixes is on 9.7.3 . I understand that its to maintain a known
>> stable platform by in introducing new elements etc .. Is there an
>> official explanation / document that I can direct him to.
>>
>>
>
> to put it bluntly, your security guy is pretty much worthless as such if
> he thinks security is audited by checking version numbers.
>
> sadly, this is too common.
Let's face it most auditors these days are just accountants with Infosys Mgmt text books.
The ridiculously high levels of regulations has created a demand for auditors that can no longer be filled by competent IT skilled auditors.
Oh well these are the days.
-Ross
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