not if the proper procedures are followed. The helpdesk is supposed to make sure they know who they are talking to and only deliver the token face-to-face. Password is set up by the user. Troubleshooting this gets tricky and yes, procedures are important. The only means of hacking it I can conceive of are social and all involve someone being seriously careless.
But here with Palin we *do see* seriously careless. Essentially she did an end run around whatever security her network admin had set up for her. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about human error? > Like calling the helpdesk? > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Do you realize how naive that makes you sound? Unhackable? Seriously >>> foolish. Turn in your hall monitor badge. >> >> Unhackable without cooperation/stupidity from the user. Even if you >> learn the password there are still 10^6 possible authentications and >> the accounts locks after a very few failed logins. >> >> -- >> "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can >> borrow." Woodrow Wilson >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270136 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
