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Re: truth is for Admins


From: "Les Bell" <lesbell () lesbell com au>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:17:18 +1100


Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:


And this in turn is why any security strategy that depends on user
education/cooperation has already failed.  Completely.  It's prudent
to presume that one's users are at best utterly incompetent, at worst
actively malicious, and design accordingly.
<<

In which case we're stuck between a rock and a hard place, because security
strategies that depend upon building a fool-proof system aren't looking too
flash, either.

Best,

--- Les Bell
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]
Tel: +61 2 9451 1144


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