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Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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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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(...) 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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