Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit : > Yes. Without system integrity a user's files are worthless. Protecting > the system protects *all* users. That is the responsibility of the > administrator. So basically, you are saying that protecting the system is more important than protecting the users' files because protecting the system protects the users' files, and not seeing the contradiction in it. The truth is that the system is only a tool, and only the users' files have specific value. If the system is corrupted, you can wipe it and reinstall it from scratch in a few hours. If the users' files are corrupted, you may lose days, months, years of work depending on how sloppy you were with the backups. And of course, the users' files contain personal information that can allow to drain the bank account, impersonate persons, steal trade secrets, etc. Sure, corrupting the system may be a way of accessing the users' files, but the real value is in the users' files. (Well, that and the bandwidth, to use the zombie box in DDoS and to distribute prOn and warez.) Regards, -- Nicolas George
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