<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">--- On <b>Sun, 1/17/10, SM <i><sm@resistor.net></i></b> wrote:<br>>People will turn off security if it means more work for them. This applies to users of open source software and to those using Microsoft products.<br>><br><br>Interesting insight, but it is the reason i talk about "Secure practices" - These don't apply only to the administrative/design side, but stretches to the user side - Users need to understand the possible ramifications of a little security laxity (firewall turned off, weak passwords, not updating SW etc ) that they tread for comfort (more work); and as security people our mission is to continually educate them on the same.<br><br>>Is it safe for me to click on that link? I was told never to click on any link in emails<br>><br><br>Incidentally, this is the first tip i cover on the link :-) - But yes, the
link is secure.............and i get your point, its as "oxymoronic" as it can get<br><br>Regards, <br>Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329<br>
Life is the educators practical joke in which you spend the first half learning, and the second half learning that everything you learned in the first was wrong.<br></td></tr></table><br>