Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3729 mails)

[Dave Smith <Dave.Smith@xxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 04:28:53PM +0800, derekfountain@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Most have too much information that
> > would apply on an enterprise level rather than a home user/newbie.
> 
> Is there a difference between enterprise level security and newbie security? 

The resulting cost of an intrusion (both financial and other indirect
costs like loss of reputation).

Of course, even a small home webserver should be configured to be
secure.  However, in practice, if the cost of a successful crack is
a few days' worth of downtime, then you probably aren't going to be
bothered about it on a home machine (although you'll probably be
rather annoyed), but on an enterprise-level system, that sort of
downtime costs $$$$$$.  As a result, people are more willing to
spend lots of time and money on securing enterprise-level systems.

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