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fitzjarrell_at_cox.net wrote:
> On Jul 31, 8:10 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote: >> fitzjarr..._at_cox.net wrote: >>> On Jul 30, 4:14 pm, hjr.pyth..._at_gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> fitzjarr..._at_cox.net wrote: >>>>>> On Jul 30, 11:49 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote: >>>>>>> fitzjarr..._at_cox.net wrote: >>>>>>>> I'll be more than happy to forward this on to whomever configured the >>>>>>>> server I inherited. Such wasn't MY choice for authentication methods, >>>>>>>> however it's the method I have been given and I have no authority to >>>>>>>> change it. >>>>>>>> Sometimes we must play the hand we're dealt. >>>>>>>> David Fitzjarrell >>>>>>> Forwarding it on to the person who didn't know enough to do it correctly >>>>>>> the first time is essentially guaranteed to change nothing. >>>>>>> Forward it to your management with a note indicating that it is a severe >>>>>>> hazard to the health and safety of the organization's data and provide >>>>>>> the documentation to prove it. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Daniel A. Morgan >>>>>>> University of Washington >>>>>>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) >>>>>>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org >>>>>> Management made the decision for this authentication scheme. >>>>>> David Fitzjarrell >>>>> Based on what input? >>>>> -- >>>>> Daniel A. Morgan >>>>> University of Washington >>>>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) >>>>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org
>>> You act as though I've said nothing to management; nothing could be >>> further from the truth. I was told, by several in the management >>> chain, that the Network Security group was charged with securing the >>> intranet from intruders, and as such my concerns were unfounded. >>> Explain as I could nothing would budge anyone from laying >>> responsibliity elsewhere, most notably to a group not represented in >>> the exchange. >>> David Fitzjarrell >> I think you are misunderstanding. We have no idea what you have or >> have not done. Only that you made the statement you were going to take >> the issue to the same person that already made a bad decision. >> >> What we are suggesting is that management made a bad decision because >> they did not have the facts in front of them when the decision was >> made. >> -- >> Daniel A. Morgan >> University of Washington >> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) >> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Not having the facts and dismissing said facts are two different > things; you assume the first when the second is the actual situation. > > > David Fitzjarrell
Then I'd recommend updating your resume and finding an opportunity where the management has a different attitude.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Tue Jul 31 2007 - 17:59:17 CDT
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