, 2002-04-24
Bad system administrators affect more than their own computers -- they make the entire Internet a little less safe.
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Teaching the Rules of the Road
2002-05-02
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
I will use some lines from Your article :
... There's a big, seemingly unassailable, problem with computer security today.
It's a people problem, not a technology problem. ...
No argument hire.
... The problem is that, by and large, most system administrators are not locking down their systems
according to the principles of minimalism and least privilege;
system administrators are not keeping up-to-date with security patches;
many system administrators don't even realize that these are issues. ...
I agree with this too but ........... I think that we must think why is this happening???
I strongly believe that there are 2 reasons for this:
1 - Idiots are being hired to do the administration of the systems (mainly because they are cheep).
2 - Smart ones are killed by the amount of work they have to perform. (they pay You more ... so they think they can kill You).
It takes time an
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