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In message <[email protected]>, Sean Donelan writes: > > >Despite what security people say, if you are going to use e-mail, the web >or IM, the question is how can you do it safely? Heck, I read a recent >article how even the US military is starting to use a version of IM for >its battlefield coordination of activity. > While "just say no" sometimes applies, competent security understand the concept of "business need". You're absolutely right about this: > So instead of just saying no, how about coming up with same ways to > solve the how to do it securely. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)
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