Re: slightly off topic - "break" a database

Pete Finnigan wrote:

> The lesson is to ensure machines are always locked and that permissions
> do not allow the structure of the database to be altered or destroyed.
> For instance I remember being in an office years ago where cleaners came
> in after hours and I saw one turn on a computer and use it to write a
> letter in Word. She could also have used it to gather data or destroy
> data or even destroy databases. Its all a matter of simple security
> measures.
>
> cheers
>
> Pete

Absolutely. But even you have, on a rare occassion, walked away from a desk for a second to get something out of a drawer leaving your SQL*Plus prompt available to a malicious attack.

It is one thing to fully protect a server in a server room with a multitude of safeguards. It is quite another thing to have to feel the need to have an armed guard watch your laptop. Why not just pop out the battery for a joke? Why not the hard disk for a prank?

I fully agree with you but this stunt crossed the line. And, as I said, if it happened on my watch there would be heck to pay no matter how goofy the intent.

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