On Thu, 31 May 2001, Steve wrote:
> ... My experience with XO was all in all good, except they
> would not change their setup to match the demands VISA has
> put on their customers for keeping things encrypted all
> the way.
... The Visa standards are demanding, but proper -- I admin
such a site, and in discussing security with that client
tonight, with line staff, I said:
> Fair warning: I will skin alive either of you if I find that
> you are using a direct connection to the internet, or have
> stale virus scanner patterns, or the scanner turned off or
> not fully enabled -- scan compressed and program files
> turned on too, please. <evil grin> --
>
>From memory (I run only Linux and OpenBSD at home)
... and then instructions addressing their issue.
... the reason I run only Linux and OpenBSD at home, and the
non-free operating systems at the office for support of
customer's only (except for QuickBooks and a laser printer
MICR dos app for printing checks -- 15 years of data) ?
Because I am encrypted all the way, all the time; because
viruses are not a real problem with minimal care in Linux;
because it works just fine for adminning across dialup links
and through non-IE web browsers with the mindterm SSH java
app.
(I could add one of those cute quotes: "Failure is not an
option with Windows -- it's built in." -- but I won't)
-- Russ
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