On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:31:22 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com>:
>
>> On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:06:16 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>> An administrator doesn't need the users' passwords for anything but
>>> should be assumed to know them.
>>
>> The administrator may be able to change them but he should NEVER know
>> them (or need to)!
>
> When you are under an administrator's dominion, *you* must assume the
> they know your password.
>
> (Somewhat in the same vein, if you are running a virtual machine, *you*
> must assume the owner of the host computer has root access to your
> virtual machine. By extension, *you* must assume the government
> officials of the physical jurisdiction of the host computer have root
> access to your virtual machine.)
>
>
> Marko
I will agree with you there. The administrator 'should' never know your
password but as a user you should never believe that password security
has been correctly implemented (just ask Sony :-) )
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