Subj : Re: Government databases
To   : ANDREA
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Nov 30 2021 16:33:00

> Stuff like this gives me goosebumps. I don't know if goverments have a special
> ucket of trash syops, devs and security experts for hire when they have to dev
> op something for the public that needs to be secure. It's like magic; Some cou
> hoses here still have old public ftp servers with documents trown around (some
> ven recent) containing sensitive stuff like transcipts of private conversation
> and so on. Sad stuff.

Governments often have to bid out their work, and the winning bidder is
often (although not always) the cheapest one.  If they award something to a
bidder that is not the cheapest, the cheapest (who isn't supposed to know
they are but, from past experience, will know they are) will often protest,
which winds up costing the government money.

So, they wind up getting what they pay for sometimes... light security on
public facing servers.


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