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Subject:	Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:38:17 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Dan Boger wrote: > As long as you're on windows, you're should worry about such things. > And when you move off windows, you still need to think about it, but not > worry as much :) I would worry even more with Linux or something else--unless you really know what's going on, it's very hard for the average user to know what the hell is going on underneath that layer. You can put lipstick on the pig with KDE or Gnome or something but who knows if you've been r00ted by some l33t hax0r kiddie. You need to have a good comprehension of UNIX to figure stuff like that out. > Pft, excuses excuses :) Want a new host? :) Well, I really kinda question the ISP who would use NT on Internet facing servers. I mean, I'm a big "use whatever customers want" kind of guy, but NT out on the big scary Internet is really asking for it. I'd use IIS only fronted by a heavy firewall on the outside and a fortfied management LAN on the inside. Calum

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		Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
(...) While true that you wouldn't know if you were hacked, that's no different than windows, is it? The average user wouldn't know if their XP box is a zombie now in a DDoS, would they? The difference, as I see it, is that on a Linux desktop, (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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		Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
(...) Sadly, as firefox gets more popular, people will find more holes in it (even though it'll still be so much fewer than IE), and write viruses for it too. As long as you're on windows, you're should worry about such things. And when you move off (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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