On 22 Jun 2008, at 1:21 am, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
$10-$50 a user is cheap compared to the salaries of even university
sysadmins multiplied over all the hours of trouble that breakins
cause. As I said, there are competitors that are cheaper -- if you
really need a $5 solution, they exist. If you think you're spending
less than $5 a user on related security problems over the amortization
life of a device, you're kidding yourself in any real organization. Of
course, if you are still over budget, one can also use mechanisms like
Kerberos, and in a university environment that's quite achievable, and
has no associated hardware costs at all.
Unfortunately, of course, many managers won't accept that and put the
lock on the door until *after* the horse has bolted.
Tim
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