On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 04:11:44PM -0000, Ashish Saboo wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote :
No, I wrote this:
If staff members are changing IP or MAC addresses after being told not to, you have a policy problem.
Fix your attributions. And your line length.
anybody can change IP address, maybe a more tech savvy customer. Apart from policy issue, it has to be made tamper proof.
Then it's an OS problem, for being insecure enough to allow a mere user to change OS parameters.
Today the most contentious point of easy access to Internet access in public domain is that they cannot be traced back , the way a user can be if accessing from home /Office . Apart from the merits/demerits of the arguments. There are hardly viable solution available both cost or technically fit.
What does that have to do with this?
Most operators are computer illiterate, so what if some one claims them to be in the top 20% of Income bracket.
Then they should get a real sysadmin, no?
Or a consultant.
Think of the STD/ PCO booth . A simple box with a bill printing machine helped a rapid penetration of telephone service. Sam Pitroda & co can take their credit but only the native vendors push with their crude but yet adaptible time keeping machine made the PCO booth business sell like hot cake ! Why can't this happen with Internet ?
Because computers are complicated. And before you trot out the much-hyped computers should be easy to use bullshit, consider: are jumbo jets easy to fly? Is every Tom, Dick and Harry able to fly one? Hell, no, it takes training. Computers are more complicated.
Before someone runs away with the analogy, think of users as cabin crew or even passengers -- not much skill there.
- i (foolishly?) told him that linux will
liberate him
Keep going, buddy you can prove your detractors stupid ;)
I did not say that.