SwiftOnSecurity on Twitter: "We have a security policy for our dial-in modem infrastructure. We don't have dial-in modems anymore."

@SwiftOnSecurity

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Cyber, USA

Country	Code	For customers of
United States	40404	(any)
Canada	21212	(any)
United Kingdom	86444	Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Brazil	40404	Nextel, TIM
Haiti	40404	Digicel, Voila
Ireland	51210	Vodafone, O2
India	53000	Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
Indonesia	89887	AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
Italy	4880804	Wind
3424486444	Vodafone
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1. Marc “Except You, You're All Right” Whipple‏ @WhippleMarc 23 Jul 2016
  Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
  
  BUT WHEN YOU NEED THEM, THEN YOU'LL BE GLAD
  
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1. Douglas Belcher‏ @ddbelcher 23 Jul 2016
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  Total security achieved!
  
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1. John Kramer‏ @jbkramer42 23 Jul 2016
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  The policy expiration date should be a "review then update, and renew OR expire". Some apps never die.
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1. Erik Fichtner‏ @unixronin 23 Jul 2016
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  sure you do. You just call it "SSL VPN" now.
  
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1. Adam Licata‏ @adamli9 23 Jul 2016
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  My local dialup ISP had syslog forwarding to lpt0
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1. Jacob Rosenberg‏ @jrosenberg 23 Jul 2016
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  Then they're totally secure. The policy worked.
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1. David Pearson‏ @IvoryJazzMan 23 Jul 2016
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  total amateur here, but that might not be a bad idea. Wasn't there an issue with floppy drives in VMs awhile back?
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1. Josh Devs ‏ @Beardmask 23 Jul 2016
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  So you're saying abstinence is the best protection? ;-)
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1. Xander van der Voort‏ @xvandervoort 23 Jul 2016
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  I've met with many IT people that weren't aware of the dial-in modems actually still in use in their ICS environment.
  
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1. Andrew Hodgson‏ @adhodgson 23 Jul 2016
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  We still have a security policy for our UUCP over ATM infrastructure!
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