Thank you for all your wonderful help with the discussion on passwords and encryption. I appreciate all the helpfulness and the points. Paul G Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:00:27 -0600 From: david.wagle at gmail.com To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Do strong root passwords prevent alternative access? I agree - that's a debate better served with beer :) On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:19 AM, David Wagle <david.wagle at gmail.com> wrote: That kind of depends on how you define "data security." Many people use the term in the sense of not merely denying access of the data to those without proper authorization but also of ensuring access for those who do have proper authorization. In the latter case, availability is part of security. I'd argue that's an incorrect definition of security, but that's neither here nor there. I don't want to dive too far into pedantism. :) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140228/06b71f58/attachment.html>