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Security quotes of the week

Security quotes of the week

Posted Jun 2, 2012 11:14 UTC (Sat) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: Security quotes of the week by copsewood
Parent article: Security quotes of the week

> That's only really true for shell users who are both knowledgeable and determined to break security.

1. For users that are not determined to break security, a simple post-it "please do not access the files under /home/me/pr0n" suffices (this is an exaggeration, if it's not totally clear...).

2. As I mentioned in my other comments below, mistakes made by unknowledgeable shell users can eventually lead to total box compromise.


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