Therešs nothing restricting knowledge of each of the halves of the password
to only one individual. Just that no single individual knows both halves...
on 3/17/04 7:30 AM, Boivin, Patrice J at BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca wrote:
> Er... what happens if one of the two people gets hit by a bus?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Patrice.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Whittle Jerome Contr NCI [mailto:Jerome.Whittle_at_scott.af.mil]
>> Sent: March 17, 2004 10:14 AM
>> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
>> Cc: ian_at_slac.stanford.edu
>> Subject: RE: Database security
>>
>>
>>
>> You'd have to hire guards to shoot anyone entering the No Lone Zone solo.
>> Reminds me of my aircraft maintenance days in the military. Of course the
>> stakes were MUCH higher then.
>>
>>
>> Jerry Whittle
>>
>>
>> ASIFICS DBA
>>
>>
>> NCI Information Systems Inc.
>>
>>
>> jerome.whittle_at_scott.af.mil
>>
>>
>> 618-622-4145
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>
>>> From: MacGregor, Ian A. [SMTP:ian_at_slac.stanford.edu]
>>>
>>>
>>> There is also the idea of two-man control. No one is allowed sole access
>>> to the machine room. No one knows the entire root/admin or dba password.
>>> I know of many places which implement two-man control for physical
>>> security, but none that have carried it to the computer security level. It
>>> would be so burdensome.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian MacGregor
>>>
>>>
>>> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>>>
>>>
>>> ian_at_slac.stanford.edu <mailto:ian_at_slac.stanford.edu>
>>>
>
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