On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:09:37AM -0400, m.r...@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. -- rgds Stephen _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
