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- From: rg577@thor.albany.edu (Roderick Grau)
- Subject: Re: Hack.exe
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.200451.11348@sarah.albany.edu>
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- Organization: State University of New York at Albany
- References: <1992Nov21.110530.22022@novell.com> <1992Nov23.151958.19631@sci34hub.sci.com> <1992Nov23.185956.15240@novell.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 20:04:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.185956.15240@novell.com> donp@novell.com (don provan) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov23.151958.19631@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov21.110530.22022@novell.com> donp@novell.com (don provan) writes:
- >>The problem that arises here is: what do you do when it's *necessary*
- >>to break in?
- >
- >Yes, this is an important consideration, just as it is for safes and
- >locked doors. I doubt many people would buy a safe that had a
- >"hidden" way to open the safe without the combination, though, and i
- >don't think many people buying NetWare would want similar features in
- >NetWare. (Although i suppose we should ask safe owners or NetWare
- >administrators that have had to break in about that...)
- >
- >>There are limits to physical security; however, a locked room will
- >>deter the overwhelming majority of attacks.
- >
- >Yes, this is a really good point, and i'm sorry my post sort of
- >sounded like a locked room wasn't still a good idea. When i said i
- >"wasn't worried" about security once it had gotten to the physical
- >stage, i was thinking as a Novell developer: given that hardware
- >products can be purchased which, when properly installed, will load
- >NetWare without any opportunity for unauthorized control, then there's
- >nothing else NetWare can do on that front. That doesn't mean physical
- >security isn't useful and important, although it's important to
- >keep in mind that no security is absolute.
- > don provan
- > donp@novell.com
-
- Why not use a simple quote from some wise old sage: "No, matter what
- precautions you take, you can not make use of something and still have
- complete security. All you can do is slow down a would be criminal in the
- hopes that he will be caugth before he finishs his crime." I think that
- accurately sums up this whole thread.
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