[Techtalk] hacked on solaris

[mc]

On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 15:30, Kai MacTane wrote:
> 
> But what about the person who stopped the admin from securing the system? 
> How come *that* person never winds up under the gun? I'd really love to see 
> the people who clamor for the admin's head on a platter turn some of that 
> politicking ire against the one who was *really* responsible for the 
> system's vulnerability. But somehow, it never seems to happen.
> 
> (Pleae let me know if you have experiences to the contrary; I'd love to 
> hear 'em!)
> 

In my experience, the person(s) who made that stupid decision are all
high enough up on the food chain that they are blame proof.  One place I
worked, the CEO made all those types of decisions, even though she could
barely turn on her computer without help!


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