Re: Linux, BSD, and Unix are fundamentally insecure.

From: Cancerous Jaw (cj_at_mayo.clinic.hold.the.pickles)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:53:59 GMT

Freeride wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:18:44 -0700, Mike Cox wrote:

>> I've tried it. Heck, once i've forgotten my Windows
>> 2000 Admin password and was locked out forever.

security is bound to ownership

if you own data, you should always be able to get to it.

if not, you should never be able to get to it.

for example, take a business with 3 partners.

each may have admin rights.

so 1 of the 3 could lock out the other 3 with a simple password change.

that is not legal, and not secure

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