On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:04:34PM +0800, Daniel O. Escasa wrote: > 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.
Let it break, but make sure that you document thoroughly your concerns at the time. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- 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
