[65747] in Cypherpunks
Re: PGP in the workplace
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Murray)
Wed Sep 18 02:02:18 1996
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: osborne@gateway.grumman.com (Rick Osborne)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 22:43:26 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0b16.32.19960917232055.005410c0@gateway.grumman.com> from "Rick Osborne" at Sep 17, 96 11:20:58 pm
Rick Osborne writes:
>
> Here's one I figure you all would just love:
[...]
> Upon explaining to them that I was simply trying to make sure of my own
> security, I was told that I was to just assume that I was secure, and that
> *any* 'poking around' was found to be "highly aggravating" and could only
> only "exascerbate the situation further."
Quit and go work somewhere that's reasonable. A decent IS department
doesn't play games like these; one that's full of morons does.
Talented people, especially those who know security, are
in demand at the moment. So you shouldn't have to put up with
petty-tyrant bullshit- go find a company that is staffed by human beings.
--
Eric Murray ericm@lne.com ericm@motorcycle.com http://www.lne.com/ericm
PGP keyid:E03F65E5 fingerprint:50 B0 A2 4C 7D 86 FC 03 92 E8 AC E6 7E 27 29 AF
