[LINK] "New Laws: Thou Shalt Patch"

[Howard Lowndes]

I wonder if the answer might be a form of professional licencing.

You need a licence to practice medicine.
You need a licence to practice law.
You need a licence to drive a car and it is graded.
You need a licence to fly a plane and it is also graded.
Any idiot can administer a network without any training or experience.

<ducks and runs for cover (8-)>

-- 
Howard.
LANNet Computing Associates
Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:

> systems and network administrators have a professional responsibility
> to keep up to date with security announcements and ensure that their
> networks and systems are secure.
>
>
> if you fail to properly secure or train your dog and it bites someone,
> you're liable - why shouldn't you be liable for damage caused as a
> direct result of you failing to properly secure your network?
>
> > On the flip side, there is also no excuse for users to expect to be able
> > to use powerful and possibly dangerous tools with no effort and no
> > learning curve.
>
> yep.
>
> craig
>
>