>I thought the current rumor was is that "Satan, is for the most part, outdated."
>It's been too long since they discussed it, and anyway, lots of programs
>that do the same things already exist.
I think the problem with SATAN is not so much the security threats it
embodies (those are problems on their own) but the high profile and
wide distribution it gives to those threats. I'd rather not debate
"security through obscurity" on the firewalls list. (I'd be glad to
take up the topic in email.) As a practical matter however, SATAN makes
firewall manager's lives more difficult by increasing the number of
unskilled individuals with access to and knowledge of sophisticated
cracking tools. The net effect will probably be enhanced security in
the long run, but in the short term I get to worry about a
proliferation of casual crackers.
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