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Article #22569Re: Computer Security
From: Carl S. Gutekunst
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 02:11
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. <csg>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,ecaf129f7e54501c X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 101175,5bdcc1a646ff9411 X-Google-Attributes: gid101175,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-04-23 01:03:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!unidui!math.fu-berlin.de!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!amdcad!pyramid!csg From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) Newsgroups: ca.general,alt.security Subject: Re: Computer Security Message-ID: <152900@pyramid.pyramid.com> Date: 23 Apr 91 02:11:44 GMT References: <152795@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1991Apr22.164500.10657@riacs.edu> <1991Apr22.173346.2443@sctc.com> Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 19