From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4299A1380DC for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 07DA2E0B17; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:27:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F256AE0AE7 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.134] (helo=smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAylK-0002hX-9X for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:27:18 +0100 Received: from 5ed31aef.cm-7-4a.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([94.211.26.239] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAylK-0003QU-0g for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:27:18 +0100 Received: from www.antarean.org (net.lan.antarean.org [10.20.13.13]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D7C4B for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:27:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from 145.72.98.1 (SquirrelMail authenticated user joost) by www.antarean.org with HTTP; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:27:11 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <52F1D86B.5060106@gmail.com> References: <20140204195807.GG6850@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net> <52F15ED4.7060409@sporkbox.us> <87siryldes.fsf@nyu.edu> <52F1777B.9080200@gmail.com> <52F1D86B.5060106@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 10:27:11 +0100 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: going from systemd to udev From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Ziggo-spambar: - X-Ziggo-spamscore: -1.5 X-Ziggo-spamreport: BAYES_00=-1.9,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982,RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.564 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: f2443ec7-946f-4143-b54b-615c02850434 X-Archives-Hash: cbc6a832e18a825536ac17bb1c58ba82 On Wed, February 5, 2014 07:21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/02/2014 01:27, walt wrote: >> Being the only user of this machine, I could work up some outrage over >> this >> new PITA -- but I've decided not to be outraged. I pretend to be a >> sysadmin >> and imagine how I would feel if an arbitrary user demanded the ability >> to >> plug any arbitrary USB stick into his corporate workstation. >> >> Well, I'm not a corporate sysadmin, and never will be, but I think I'd >> be >> reluctant to let him do it. >> >> Any official sysadmins out there have an infallible opinion to offer? > > > I am a corporate sysadmin, and resisting that one is a waste of time. > > "bring your own device" is all the current rage in corporate speak. > So it's The user's whole computer plus nothing of mine on the network > versus the users own USB stick plus the computer of mine on the network= . > No brainer. It's this "BYOD" thing why VLANs and multiple SSIDs are becoming more popular. Put all those BYODs on a seperate VLAN with limited access to the corporate infrastructure and you can still ensure the security of your ow= n hardware. -- Joost