19 Jul
2010
19 Jul
'10
5:26 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:09:37AM -0400, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Jay Leafey wrote:
As far as paranoia goes, one of my mentors once told me that a mild degree was a useful attribute for a system administrator. It tends to make one spend more time thinking about what CAN go wrong, which is great if you actually put the results into practice.
A buddy of mine, who was the sr. systems and network admin I worked with 10 years ago, used to say he was professionally paid to be paranoid.
Reasonable paranoia is good; excessive paranoia is prohibitive and results in the computer being locked in a steel box, covered in cement and dropped into the middle of the ocean.
The security professional balances paranoia with practicality and usability.
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rgds
Stephen