Harlan, On Monday 03 May 2004 10:31, Harlan Carvey wrote: > Ethan, > > > I just wanted to point out that this is probably the > > no.1 security fallacy I hear among my endlusers. > > Having done vulnerability assessments for a long time, > one of the biggest issues I run up against is admins > who refer to users as "lusers". Funny joke, yeah, but > a lack of discretion points to an underlying attitude, > which can be a real problem.
While I think you have a point I also think Ethan has one too. It is important to remember that users are generally clueless and/or unconcerned with security. Of course I'm grossly generalizing but I think you get my point. Keeping in mind that the weakest link can be the average user is always a good idea. And who would argue with idiot proofing any system, computer or otherwise? So I think a little harmless joking amongst ourselves isn't necessarily all bad :-) After all, how many ID10T errors have you fixed in the last week ;-P Dave _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
