Security policy oversight needed?

Simo Sorce ssorce at redhat.com
Thu Nov 19 17:10:40 UTC 2009


On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 10:03 -0700, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:58:58AM -0500, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > 
> > If this is the metric then we probably need to split "Desktop" into at
> > least 2 categories:
> > - Personal Laptop (Netbook/etc ...)
> > - Workstation (or multi-seat desktop, etc...)
> > 
> > These 2 categories have very different security requirements and implied
> > "ownership".
> 
> These two categories aren't at all distinct.  When I let others use my
> netbook, it becomes a multi-user workstation.

This is true in fact I very much prefer to have an admin group and an
"unprivileged users" group.
I was just replying in the context of what "Desktop" is considered.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York




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