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- From: jbg@sei.cmu.edu (John Goodenough)
- Subject: Re: Guest account at Center for Software Reuse
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.104831.8348@sei.cmu.edu>
- Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews)
- Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
- References: <1993Jan19.223357.24513@nosc.mil> <5815@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> <SRCTRAN.93Jan22122826@world.std.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 10:48:31 EST
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- In article <SRCTRAN.93Jan22122826@world.std.com>, srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes:
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- |> >The Center for Software Reuse Operations (CSRO) Customer Assistance
- |> >Office (CAO) has disable the guest account due to security issues.
- |>
- |> This pathetic excuse for shutting down an entire reuse operation reminds
- |> of the secrecy crap at the Software Engineering Institute. I was there
- |> a few years ago, went to the entrance, and asked to see if I could use
- |> the SEI library. The guard at the front desk informed me that no one could
- |> walk unescorted throughout the SEI building. I suppose like CSRO that some
- |> parts of the SEI building had classified stuff, but with all of the money
- |> they have to waste, in both cases, it is pure incompetency to have to
- |> completely restrict access to the entire facilities.
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- I can't resist mentioning that the primary benefit of this rule is to
- eliminate theft of computer equipment, of which we have a lot! Imagine the
- (accurate) charge of "incompetence" that would be levied if we were regularly
- ripped off! (People do enter the building and use the facilities unescorted
- once they have been vouched for by someone on the staff.)
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- John B. Goodenough Goodenough@sei.cmu.edu
- Software Engineering Institute 412-268-6391
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