>
> This situation where someone else can delete my files is extremely
> serious. Consider that I might use ADSM to distribute software. I know
> this is done because I have installed software that I have received
> over the network from ADSM at another site. If I grant access to
> someone else so that they can retrieve my files, I have no control
> over how their machine is set up. If the machine they are on allows
> them to delete archived or backed-up files, then they can delete
> my files, and there is nothing I can do about it, unless I choose
> to never allow anyone else access to my files.
>
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Two thoughts:
One, this sounds like the Universal Security Delimma. If I give someone
access to my files, how do I know he won't do something bad to them?
Two, distributing software may be something you _can_ do with ADSM,
but that is not what ADSM is designed for.
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(Signed) William W. White -- www AT tenet DOT edu (512) 475-3557 fax
463-9090
(Signed) William W. White -- www AT tenet DOT edu (512) 475-3557 fax
463-9090
Texas Education Agency, Systems Support Division 612, 1701 Congress Avenue,
Austin, Texas 78701
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