{"id":13475,"date":"2018-10-01T02:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/news-7242\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T02:30:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:30:10","slug":"news-7242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/news-7242\/","title":{"rendered":"Open door policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

This server room is getting keycard access to make sure only those on the approved list are allowed to enter, reports a pilot fish on the scene.<\/p>\n

“A card reader is installed on the outside of the door to get in,” fish says. “But how to handle exiting the room? Someone has the bright idea that a system administrator inside the server room might have their hands full when they’re trying to leave.<\/p>\n

“So a motion sensor is installed on the inside, looking down on the doorway. That way, if someone walks up to the door from the inside, it will automatically unlock.<\/p>\n

“But whoever created this system is a much more trusting soul than one of the sysadmins, who looks over the already installed system and sees the flaw.<\/p>\n

“The sysadmin grabs the big boss for a demonstration. From outside the room, sysadmin slides a blank piece of paper under the door. The motion sensor detects the paper, cha-chick!<\/i> goes the lock, and they waltz into the server room without a keycard.<\/p>\n

“And the motion sensor is quickly replaced with a large push-button to exit the server room.”<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This server room is getting keycard access to make sure only those on the approved list are allowed to enter, reports a pilot fish on the scene.<\/p>\n

“A card reader is installed on the outside of the door to get in,” fish says. “But how to handle exiting the room? Someone has the bright idea that a system administrator inside the server room might have their hands full when they’re trying to leave.<\/p>\n

“So a motion sensor is installed on the inside, looking down on the doorway. That way, if someone walks up to the door from the inside, it will automatically unlock.<\/p>\n

“But whoever created this system is a much more trusting soul than one of the sysadmins, who looks over the already installed system and sees the flaw.<\/p>\n

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