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RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions...
From: "Brad Berson" <brad.berson () bytebrothers org>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:31:46 -0400
Why I would need file sharing? Nah, I don't. Customer did! Not using VPN was surely a combination of comfort, laziness and naivety on their part. OK, first post in retrospect was too vague re workstation versus server. I looked it over. I intended to state X-Server vs. simply OS-X and clearly I screwed up. I was trying so hard to establish a proper context that I missed a most important point. Damn. Yes, I'm blaming the users. Perhaps I'm being mean, and perhaps it's an inflection that grows out of this whole hippy free love attitude that seems to revolve around that user base, and that I'm projecting that onto my viewpoint over their computer habits. But it's not totally un-substantiated. I'm simply bewildered after taking to folks who think there's absolutely nothing wrong with the setup. Seriously. I walk into an office full of unprotected PCs and I'll get sheepish "yeah, we know, we just never got around to it" responses, but I walk into an office full of unprotected Macs and get this "what's wrong, everyone's busy hacking Windows, aren't they?" response. It makes my head spin. So the result? "Yes [customer], 99% ARE busy hacking Windows, but today YOU are the lucky statistical aberration! As a prize, you get to pay my company to redesign your network, install firewalls, rebuild your servers, and re-educate all your users!" I don't mind the money but the complacency simply shocks me. Then again, maybe it's just too much to ask, to expect anyone without degrees in CompSci /and/ CrimPsy to know any better. I'll check those NSA guides. Your help IS greatly appreciated! -Brad --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earn your MS in Information Security ONLINE Organizations worldwide are in need of highly qualified information security professionals. Norwich University is fulfilling this demand with its MS in Information Security offered online. Recognized by the NSA as an academically excellent program, NU offers you the opportunity to earn your degree without disrupting your home or work life. http://www.msia.norwich.edu/secfocus_en ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 06)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Javier Blanque (Apr 06)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... David Haines (Apr 06)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Florian Rommel (Apr 07)
- IDMS Database... Tuck Wai Chan (Apr 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 07)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Javier Blanque (Apr 07)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 08)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 08)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Florian Rommel (Apr 08)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Florian Rommel (Apr 08)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... John Jasen (Apr 08)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 08)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Robert Inder (Apr 09)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Brad Berson (Apr 09)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Florian Rommel (Apr 11)
- Re: Mac X-Server Security Questions... Javier Blanque (Apr 11)
- RE: Mac X-Server Security Questions... M. Shirk (Apr 11)
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