Re: File Transfer auto sign on

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:58 PM 6/18/97 GMT, you wrote:

>I like encryption even less than passwords for company-wide use. Who's
>the keykeeper? What happens when the controller gets mad and leaves,
>and you don't know the encryption password to the budget or expense
>files? This is company-owned data we're talking about, not personal
>notes.

IMNAL, but it if someone were to hide company resources (through encryption)
from a business, that person could be legally culpable for any ensueing
damages.  

Sure the controller uses the PC everyday but neither the PC or the data
belong to him, it belongs to the organization.


>Personally, I like to be the "little Big Brother". Sure, go ahead and
>use passwords. Encrypt your files (if applicable). But tell me (the IS
>dir.) or the CFO or CEO the combinations to your locks. That's company
>data you're playing with. The company has a vested interest in knowing
>your passwords to our data.

I disagree.  The company doesn't need to know your passwords, but it does
have a right to the data, whenever and however it asks.

BTW, there are several shareware versions of password crackers that are
widely available.   Most of them work quite well against all but the hardest
PC encryption routines.

JMHO,

jte
  



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