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| (...) 8^) I'd figured that "3" had no inherent signficance but was just a standard. (...) Yeah--now how do I get into my system? Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) because disabling the login (at least for a while) does help defend against brute force attacks. and the number 3 isn't magical in any way - I think a lot of systems have it set for 5, and from what I know, it's always configurable. the admin (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Sure, but what's the point of disabling my system after my own bogus attempts? To date, the only one who's been kept out of my system for that reason is me! I mean, why set "3" as the magic number, if external, high-voulme attacks are the big (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) First of all, a lot of systems don't lock out accounts, just because they are misconfigured, or their admin doesn't realise the danger. Also, remember that most password hacking will occure offline - the intruder will somehow (and there are (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I've read this one, and it's ok, but less focused than most O'Reilly books I've read. still, enough to teach you all you need to know about DNS. :) if you're running linux, another thing you should take a look at is Ipchains, to give your (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Last week at my job I had the misfortune of attending a mandatory seminar on Information Security, which amounted to little more than "don't leave sensitive documents on the bus." Through the course of it, though, the lecturer discussed the various (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I have a Sony VAIO C1VN Picturebook and I find that it's easier to read the screen in natural lighting than in fluorescent lighting. It actually seems dimmer in the fluorescent lighting...strange. But it's not bad. It might also be that my CRT (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) both on my two vaio pcg-z505* I had absolutly no problem installing RH6.2. Even the memory stick drive is supposed to be working... though I don't have any memory sticks to try it out with. :/ Havn't gotten around to get sound to work on the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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