Re: copy-config

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Lei Zhang" <lzhang@juniper.net>
> To: "Martin Bjorklund" <mbj@tail-f.com>
> Cc: <dbharrington@comcast.net>; <netconf@ops.ietf.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:34 AM
> Subject: Re: copy-config
...
> The DOS claim is unjustified - why would a properly authenticated user 
> attack a netconf server?
...

Wouldn't this be like arguing that if one has authentication,
one does not need access control?  There are cases where
having an audit trail that identifies who caused the damage
does little good, and it's much better to prevent the damage
from occurring in the first place.

Randy


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