From: Roberto Mello <rmello@cc.usu.edu>
To: Chad N. Tindel <chad@tindel.net>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Mysql -> Postgresql pitfalls
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 15:21:17 -0600
Message-ID: <20030802212117.GA1948@cc.usu.edu> (raw)
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On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 01:10:49PM -0400, Chad N. Tindel wrote:
> > Hmmm?
> >
> > The point is something called security.
>
> There is no such thing as a "proper amount of security that is correct for
> all operating environments".
Whoever said there was? I didn't.
> > This has no logic. Security is fundamental. No security is fundamentally
> > incorrect.
>
> Well, you could make a box very secure by unplugging all the LAN cables from
> it and putting it in a giant safe deposit box. However, I would say that such
> a machine would be fundamentally incorrect for most operating environments.
Nice strawmen. Too bad it's a logical fallacy.
> Many people run their machines with "+ +" in root's .rhosts file because it
> eases the task of doing administration. They work in a company where the box is
> behind a firewall on some public network and they need there computers to
How about people inside the company? Are they all nice people who live in
happy valley?
> get real work done.... they don't want things like "security" to get in the
> way because nobody is trying to hack those machines.
I digress.
-Roberto
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