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- From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
- Subject: Re: Humility ... was( Re: Xenix considered harm...)
- Message-ID: <Bu74G9.3Ms@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 06:52:56 GMT
- References: <BtznH6.Ez@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <1992Sep03.153627.11410@Celestial.COM> <1992Sep07.014123.8784@ksmith.uucp>
- Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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- In article <1992Sep07.014123.8784@ksmith.uucp> keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) writes:
- >1. Security is only as good as the lock on the front door of the
- >building, and the viability/availability of the backup tape.
-
- Wrong. Security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain.
- If the weakest link happens to be the lock on the computer room door,
- or the lock on the backup-tape cabinet, then what you say is true.
- But I can always buy better locks and stronger doors if the ones I have
- aren't sufficient. Can I buy better locks and stronger doors for
- Xenix?
-
- >Security is really a form of damage control.
-
- In some forms it is. In other forms, security may just be a way of
- ensuring that you'll know about it if someone breaks in. Or security
- may be a way of discouraging people from trying to break in in the
- first place. Or security may be a way of absolutely preventing them
- from breaking in. (For an example of this last type, see the security
- systems used at NORAD/Cheyenne Mountain when it was still
- operational.)
-
- What security is to you depends a great deal on how valuable your data
- is to you, how valuable it is to someone else, and how determined
- someone else is to break in.
-
- >3. Many net guru's on other groups are administering large sites on
- >university campuses full of bright young people like you with too much
- >time on their hands, so this security issue is like paramount.
-
- Gee, thanks. I'm not sure whether to feel complimented or insulted.
-
- >upwards of 10 years, and seen products come an go. Hell 2 years ago SCO
- >tried to kill off Xenix. Lasted about a month, till Michaels & Co came
- >back and recended the earlier declaration of dropping Xenix. (Oh no,
- >someone was misquoted, We had no intention my ass! :) )
-
- Seems to me like a good reason why resellers should phase out Xenix.
- You may believe in sticking with Xenix until it goes down for the
- third time. But keep in mind that if SCO wants to kill Xenix, they
- will, regardless of what the market seems to want. Whining by
- customers may help to prolong Xenix, but in the end SCO is going to
- win simply because they have ultimate control over the situation. If
- you don't like this, purchase the Xenix license from SCO and start
- distributing and supporting it yourself.
-
- --
- Marc Unangst | Real men don't use Windows. Real men use X.
- mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | Only a real man would use a GUI where the
- | shift keys after "Alt" are "Super" and "Hyper."
-