RE: Fix Security (was: Paging file)

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Booth, this is less of an issue than it might appear.  Although I'm NOT
necessarily contradicting what Leif has been saying.

The 3rd party vendors that I've dealt with back in the days of yore (JDE,
Lawson, Synon, and ProData too, probably) ALREADY took whatever authority
they wanted.

Almost EVERY package I've EVER loaded had the first instruction of the
install state "Sign on as Security Officer".  Never much cottoned to that,
but it was "Generally Accepted Computer Practice", back 10 or 20 years
ago...  I'm guessing it still is these days.


jt


| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Booth Martin

| So, what you are saying is that any third-party vendor with a
| bloated sense
| of self importance could decide he needs a trifle more authority
| to make his
| software as effective as he'd like it to be, so he could quietly just take
| what ever he wants and no one would be the wiser?
|
| It isn't malware thats the serious problem, its egoware.  These 3rd-party
| vendors have the know-how and resources to do just what you have laid out.
| If I've read you right this could become our own version of "DLL Hell"?
|
| Suddenly I feel this real cold draft blowing down my shirt collar.