[talk] Suggest meeting topic: role of BSD in response to ransomware

[Okan Demirmen]

On Tue 2017.07.11 at 19:38 +0530, Sujit K M wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:01 PM, James E Keenan <jkeenan at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Here's a topic I wouldn't mind seeing discussed at a future NYCBUG meeting:
> 
> Are you suggesting that since FreeBSD is the defacto standard in
> Networking Routers?

I don't want to distract from the question James asked, but this statement
above is incorrect; I typically refain from responding to these, but this is
just wrong.

> Or Are you suggesting the High Availability to Loads that it can support?
> 
> >
> > Is there a role for the BSDs in response to massive ransomware attacks?
> 
> I have never understood these attacks. I find it solely because of
> illiterate professionals.
> It can always be avoided.

It is because the frameworks allow for it.

> > In the last few months ransomware attacks such as WannaCry
> > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack) have had a
> > devastating effect on large organizations.  Organizations affected include
> > one of the largest law firms in the country and one of the world's largest
> > advertising agency networks.  Such organizations are, typically, "Windows
> > shops."
> >
> > Suppose that you are a sysadmin or other, non-executive-level techie in such
> > an organization.  You've heard about FreeBSD and OpenBSD and you wonder,
> > "Would using these OSes have helped us either resist a ransomware attack?
> > Could they help us recover better from such an attack?"
> 
> I agree We are better equipped.
> 
> >
> > I ask because I know such people.  Their organizations have decades of
> > investment in Windows, so, under normal circumstances, it's difficult for
> > them to argue the case for other OSes.  But these are not normal
> > circumstances.  Is there an "elevator pitch" we could provide them for
> > exploring BSD?
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> > Jim Keenan
> >
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