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Re: Computer Security

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From: Carl S. Gutekunst
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 02:11
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>>On the other hand, most computer security types are not familiar with
>>the issues of physical security... Dismal area to work.  Mostly a social
>>							   ^^^^^^
>>rather than technical problem. 
>
>I hope that you are referring to the issues of "physical security" rather
>than the issues of "computer security".  To say that issues of computer 
>security are a social rather than a technical problem, demonstrates how
>little you really know about computer security.

I dunno as I can say precisely who is demonstrating their ignorance here, but
I sure don't think it's Gene. Give me B1, give me Kerberos, give me a man by
the door of the machine room with an Uzi; but my biggest security problem will
still be the administrator who writes the root password on a PostIt stuck to
his PC, or who overrides all the protections to assign "guest/guest" to a user
name and password so that a friend of his can log in, or who keeps proprietary
company info on floppy disks in a neat little cabinet right next to his door.

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From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
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Subject: Re: Computer Security
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Date: 23 Apr 91 02:11:44 GMT
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