I have to agree with this. It does not matter how secure the OS is if the admin is just plain stupid or ignorant.
Two years ago I took an art director position at a small manufacturing company. The network admin was a complete idiot. Of the 25 users on the network, nine used the company name as their login password, four used a portion of the company name, five used their first name, two used one of their children's name, two used their dog's name, two used their birthday and only one person had enough sense to use a nonsensical letter/number combination.
The password to the hosted web site, e-mail server and the network firewall was the company name. And, this is the kicker, the network admin's password to the server was her dog's name. After realizing what a severe security breach this was (and being told that since I used a toy computer -- a Macintosh -- and as such didn't know anything about computers) I struck up a conversation with the network admin about her likes/hobbies/family. 30 minutes later, armed with several possible passwords, I successfully gained access to the server and locked her out.
The solution to every domestic energy issue is not to put up windmills
Actually, the solution to every domestic energy issue is not just to put up windmills but to also invest in solar, alcohol & gas/electric hybrids for our cars, methane from animal waste, bio-desiel for tractors and semis, along with higher fleet milage requirements, better regional designs for our homes and offices and personal conservation (Turn that light off and let's not put up 5,000 lights on our house for a month at Christmas!).
Already you can buy E85 trucks and cars. Runs on 85% alcohol/ 15% fuel mix. Renewable. Reduced emissions. Can you imagine if every car and truck in the US was an E85 vehicle? Talk about taking the power back from the oil exporting nations. Of course with global warming the droughts from the west will spread to the corn belt and we won't be able to grow any corn to make alcohol.
Better yet how about riding a bike or taking mass transit. Perhaps we could now start designing new communities with less emphasis on the autombile and more on the person.
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Two years ago I took an art director position at a small manufacturing company. The network admin was a complete idiot. Of the 25 users on the network, nine used the company name as their login password, four used a portion of the company name, five used their first name, two used one of their children's name, two used their dog's name, two used their birthday and only one person had enough sense to use a nonsensical letter/number combination.
The password to the hosted web site, e-mail server and the network firewall was the company name. And, this is the kicker, the network admin's password to the server was her dog's name. After realizing what a severe security breach this was (and being told that since I used a toy computer -- a Macintosh -- and as such didn't know anything about computers) I struck up a conversation with the network admin about her likes/hobbies/family. 30 minutes later, armed with several possible passwords, I successfully gained access to the server and locked her out.
The solution to every domestic energy issue is not to put up windmills
Actually, the solution to every domestic energy issue is not just to put up windmills but to also invest in solar, alcohol & gas/electric hybrids for our cars, methane from animal waste, bio-desiel for tractors and semis, along with higher fleet milage requirements, better regional designs for our homes and offices and personal conservation (Turn that light off and let's not put up 5,000 lights on our house for a month at Christmas!).
Already you can buy E85 trucks and cars. Runs on 85% alcohol/ 15% fuel mix. Renewable. Reduced emissions. Can you imagine if every car and truck in the US was an E85 vehicle? Talk about taking the power back from the oil exporting nations. Of course with global warming the droughts from the west will spread to the corn belt and we won't be able to grow any corn to make alcohol.
Better yet how about riding a bike or taking mass transit. Perhaps we could now start designing new communities with less emphasis on the autombile and more on the person.
These are all things that can be done NOW!