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Article #731Re: responsibility of admins (was: Two hackers
From: Jeff Hull
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:57
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:57
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In article 12580@hubcap.clemson.edu,
stehman%citron.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jeff Stehman) writes:
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|>Familiarity is a dangerous thing. Seems like many of you have forgotten what
|>it is like not to be familiar with computer security issues.
...
|>Try seeing it from Joe's perspective before you flame him.
Would you still feel this way if the venue were a small business and the topic
were locking up the cash box? How about a bank and putting the money in
a 1700's style safe? How about a credit reporting company and their credit
database? With *your* credit history stored on it?
The real point is raising the level of awareness of *all* users and sysadmins.
Somebody told me once, "What you don't know won't hurt you." Do *you*
believe that? Let me tell you about this land in Florida I have for sale...
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!ncar!csn!news.den.mmc.com!thor!jhull From: jhull@vulcan-gw.den.mmc.com (Jeff Hull) Subject: Re: responsibility of admins (was: Two hackers Message-ID: <1992Nov16.225740.16227@den.mmc.com> Summary: What you don't know can kill you. Keywords: security awareness sysadmin training certification Sender: news@den.mmc.com (News) Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.den.mmc.com Reply-To: jhull@vulcan-gw.den.mmc.com Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics Group References: <1992Nov16.144339.12580@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:57:40 GMT Lines: 27