janelane wrote:

Rattle wrote:

For those who do know about computer security, its a good laugh.

I think that was Dagmar's point (which Decius, in his apartment-moving and sarcasm-diluted state, apparently missed). Hell, let's not educate anyone, take away their rights to learn which emails to open and which to ignore, then expect the problem to "self-correct" over time! Of course the writer is talking out of his ass. I only *date* a computer security specialist and even I know how ridiculous that guy's claims are. :-)

-janelane, chuckling

If they don't know which emails to open and which emails to ignore (in more than just an isolated, "oops" sort of way) then they're lacking the basic skills needed to do their jobs and need to be shown the door. That is what Ranum is talking about. He's not trolling--he's deadly serious.

Where is it explained that while I am required to have a year of formal training to be allowed to replace a floppy drive in a PC (something I swear to you I could probably train a chimp to do in six months), the only real qualification for being able to use the same equipment on a daily basis and have the power to create or destroy all of a department's careful records is reasonable hygiene and not having attempted to put the mouse in one's mouth during the interview!

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