In church one Sunday, my mind wandered during the assistant pastor’s sermon on the Seven Deadly Sins. I realized a couple of key issues: first, that I might be guilty of sloth (whatever that is), and also that there are a number of mistakes that can be made in connecting IP devices to clients’ networks that can cause serious problems for their network communications. So let’s take a look at the Seven Deadly IP Programming and Installation Sins that can render our customers’ networks and/or our IP security devices hors de combat.