Your office is overstaffed. At least compared to mine... Kev.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Garth Meisel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:22 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Virus Protection > On Sunday January 12 2003 23:01, you wrote: > > As previously stated, Administrator is probably the most common user (or > > > > > users given admin equiv) in Windows. I don't foresee this changing when > > > Linux becomes more popular with less technical users. > > > > less technical users will use whatever they are given. it's the people in > > the middle that scare me, as they often know enough to get around defaults > > but not enough to know when not to. > > > Any good administrator needs not work as root. A good administrator will have > completely encrypted file systems and work as user with the least privileges > of all. Except the administrator will have the password for encryptions. > And, any GOOD administrator never does HIS work on a computer connected to > the network. The files needed are copied, unencrypted, and then problems > solved. And then the same administrator will put the necessary files back > in place as root while ports are closed and all others are snuffed. : ) > > > >
