1996-09-18 - Re: PGP in the workplace

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
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Reply To: <3.0b16.32.19960917232055.005410c0@gateway.grumman.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-09-18 08:32:44 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 16:32:44 +0800

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 16:32:44 +0800
To: Rick Osborne <osborne@gateway.grumman.com>
Subject: Re: PGP in the workplace
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On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Rick Osborne wrote:
[clueless sysadmin story elided] 
> Now, seeing as I'm fairly new to the Corporate world, but is this something
> common?  I know when I was at college, poking around was expected and
> encouraged, as it helped find and plug holes in the system.  But this is
> almost like some kind of protection racket here!

This never happend in any company I worked for. Don't think I'd last in 
such an environment. Neither, one should think, will a company where half 
the people have root. Three man operations excepted.

Just my $0.02,

--Lucky





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