Re: Call to arms - INFORMATION ANARCHY

From: Kurt Seifried (listuser@SEIFRIED.ORG)
Date: 11/03/01 

Message-ID:  <004c01c163f9$7ae1a7e0$6400030a@seifried.org>
Date:         Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:52:50 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <listuser@SEIFRIED.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Call to arms - INFORMATION ANARCHY
To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM

something theo deRadt pointed out to me this summer (quoting him roughly):

Users shouldn't have to be security administrators. They should not be
required to understand all the ines and outs of a package they just want to
use to get work done. Hence the secure by default stance of OpenBSD.

As an example: my parents have several windows machines, I have tried to
educate them as to how to use MS update, run virus scan update, etc. They
have sort of learned, but do not remember to do it, it's like asking someone
to change the oil in their car once a day. These aren't stupid people
either, both have PhD's and my mother was a fortran programmer way back in
the day. I figure if people like that can't handle managing their machines
(especially when there are four identical ones [don't ask]) the "unwashed
masses" (to use a colorful phrase) with a single computer haven't got a
snowballs chance in florida. Heck, even me, with an MCSE and full time
career in infosec I have trouble keeping on top of all this crap vendors
push out.

Kurt

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