Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 10:10 -0400, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:

I understand that. We had a scan a few months ago (and theyre about to do it again), and to satisfy it, I had to turn off the h/d/ramdisks in our laser printers....

What is the point of doing a security scan under conditions that are not actually "live"?

It sounds like moving the flammable materials out before a fire inspection, then moving them right back in when the inspector leaves.

What is gained? You're no more secure than you were before the inspection, and and you're no longer running what you had running during the inspection.