Archive for May 30, 2007

It’s not what the software does, it’s what the user does.

May 30, 2007

hugh macleod at Gaping Void does these great little cartoons, “drawn on the back of business cards.”   First, that’s a cool idea.  It’s a great size, and it lets you express just one idea in a little tiny format with which people are familiar. This cartoon in particular says something very insightful, both about PowerPoint [...]

Single signon, but not what you wanted.

May 30, 2007

I previously discussed user-level security. This morning, I ran across this story about system administrators, and how they manage security. It seems that system administrators are pretty careless with root-level security, and that the key to getting root may be finding the right Post-It notes. I keep the root passwords for all my systems (and [...]


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