Log4j mitigation

Mike Hammett nanog at ics-il.net
Mon Dec 13 14:01:28 UTC 2021


"Security" people often let perfect be the enemy of good. Sometimes it's okay. Sometimes not. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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Midwest-IX 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Karl Auer" <kauer at biplane.com.au> 
To: "NANOG List" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 6:54:30 AM 
Subject: Re: Log4j mitigation 

On Mon, 2021-12-13 at 06:35 -0600, Joe Greco wrote: 
> Just because there are other sources of fatalities, doesn't mean you 
> can't check for the quick obvious stuff. 

Indeed. 

One check, even an inadequate one, is better than no checks at all. And 
over time you can add more checks or improve the ones you have. 

Don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "good". 

Regards, K. 


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