In a message dated: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:10:45 EDT
Ted Knupke said:

>All I have to say is that this entire discussion on root access
>is making me very glad that I work in an establishment where
>I not only have root access to the machine on my desk, but the
>sys admin doesn't.
>
>(And if any engineers are looking for a job, we're
>hiring.)
>
>Ted Knupke
>The MITRE Corporation
>202 Burlington Rd
>Bedford, MA  03063

Hmmm, Mitre corporation.  Yep, quite a reknowned group for poor security :)

Read "The Cuckoo's Egg" by Cliff Stoll.  Rather amusing that Mitre, the 
company which essentially exists to verify that systems are secure for the 
government was the jumping off point for one of the largest computer espionage
cases in history :)
-- 
Seeya,
Paul
----
        "I always explain our company via interpretive dance.
             I meet lots of interesting people that way."
                                          Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000

         If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!



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