Re: Now We Are Rollin'

From: Monique Y. Herman (spam_at_bounceswoosh.org)
Date: 11/30/03

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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:37:56 -0700

    On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Paul Morgan penned:
    >
    > You have a fair chance of gaining some unexpected experience points by
    > logging into X as root, unless you are unplugging all external network
    > devices first. Not allowing root access to X is pretty much at the
    > top of my "never, ever do this under any circumstances" list. There
    > are several ways in which you can get hurt, none of which I wish to
    > advertise in an open forum.
    >

    Security through obscurity? C'mon, now!

    Inquiring minds want to know! 

    -- 
monique
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