Sabi ni Dido noong Sun, 2003-09-21 18:26: > These are not the only places. Our company has some clients (whom I > will not name) who flat insisted, even in the face of our vigorous > protests to the contrary, to allow telnet, FTP, RSH, and all these other > old, dangerous protocols on the new RHAS2.1 boxes we installed for them. > The boss tells me, hey, it's their funeral. A script kiddie that > somehow gets into their network will have a field day, or more > plausibly, they've made an internal saboteur's job that much easier.
Remembering an article I read over 10 years ago about how non-tech managers were ignoring sound technical advice, for no rational reason. Not sure what the reason was now, could'a been money-related, although it wasn't even that expensive. The IT manager's advice? "Let it break." Seeing it "break" is one of the last things IT professionals want, but if it drives home the lesson, so be it. Mabuhay. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
