Brandon Aiken wrote: > Actually the only reason we have an email disclaimer is for CSIA > compliance. We know they have a highly dubious legal standing, but, > hey, it's what the auditors require. google CSIA turns up a bunch of stuff. what is it exactly? > > -- > Brandon Aiken > CS/IT Systems Engineer > -----Original Message----- > From: Konrad Neuwirth [mailto:k.neuwirth@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:46 AM > To: Brandon Aiken > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PgSql on Vista? > > I find it ironic that this -- to my mind, very on the spot -- comment > comes with one of the mostly useless signature that there for ... > plausible deniability. > > :-) > Konrad > > On 3/16/07, Brandon Aiken <BAiken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> It was clear to me after 20 minutes of actually trying to use the OS > that >> UAC was a gimmick designed to supply plausible deniability for the > fact that >> Windows XP suffered so many problems with malware. They can simply > ask >> "were you using UAC?" every time someone complains that their box got >> infected with some rootkit of some sort instead of actually having to > secure >> their OS intelligently. They know darn well that everyone who uses > the OS >> will turn it off. The silly thing is the boy-who-cried-wolf and > nothing >> more. >> >> Frankly, I like Windows Server 2003's default of not allowing you to > execute >> any program you got from elsewhere without explicitly unblocking it. > It >> works just as well, IMX, although the error message you get when you > forget >> about it is useless. >> >> B Aiken >> >> ________________________________ >> From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Dave >> Page >> Sent: Thu 3/15/2007 5:24 PM >> To: Paul Lambert >> Cc: Arkan; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PgSql on Vista? >> >> >> >> >> >> Paul Lambert wrote: >> >>> After install completes you can turn it back on... if you want - >>> personally I leave it off, it's an incredibly annoying "feature". >> Doesn't the security center keep popping up to point out that it's >> turned off? >> >> Regards Dave >> >> ---------------------------(end of >> broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >> >> >> ________________________________ >> ** LEGAL DISCLAIMER ** >> Statements made in this e-mail may or may not reflect the views and > opinions >> of Wineman Technology, Inc. or its employees. >> >> This e-mail message and any attachments may contain legally > privileged, >> confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended >> recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of > this >> message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any >> dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message is > strictly >> prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > immediately >> notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/
