Quotes by Ira Winkler

“I used to say there were only ... a few hundred (in the latter category). These are people who like to play with software and figure out how to find exploits into the software. That requires lots of good technical talent and knowing how to do software testing.”

“The more functionality you have, the more likelihood there is for a security vulnerability, and Windows NT just keeps building more and more functionality in there.”

“This one, from a technical standpoint, isnt dangerous in and of itself. What makes it dangerous is that it can spread very, very rapidly and fill up mail servers, causing mail servers around the world to crash.”

“For banks, their number one is protecting the impression of trust. If they lose that impression of trust, that bank goes out of business. Its that simple.”

“These are not your average hackers. Theyre highly skilled people who try to find holes in commercial software.”

“Theyre the ones finding the latest hack for the Web, instead of finding the latest hack on the Web, ... Theres a big difference.”

“When you buy their product, you have to register with it. They make you register with it in order to use the product .... They should be responsible for when theres a security-related problem for e-mailing everybody that registered that product and let them know.”

“Traditional systems are meant more to protect their dollar invested in making sure they deny unauthorized users access because that saves them money,”

“When the security manager found out, he went through the roof.”

“To a hacker, youre just an IP address. You get hit because you let yourself be an easy mark.”