[Off Topic] Re: Linux security

[Jim Richardson]

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 07:09 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-05 at 21:07 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: 
> > If Daniel's family are getting 0wned, then either there is a family 
> > member that isn't following the rules and infecting everyone else or 
> > there is a hole out there that he hasn't taken into account.
> 
> And I suspect the former.  Whenever I hear people say "but I didn't do
> anything hazardous" -- and I mean 100% of the time -- a bit of digging
> finds that they practised unsafe computing.  And it often only takes
> one moment of inattention.
> 

how does a moment's inattention of a non-root/admin user, totally hose a
box to the extent of needing a rebuild? 

> 
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Jim Richardson <warlock at eskimo.com>
Erisian Claw