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How can you possibly think that security is a waste of time? Is this a |
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cynical statement along the lines of "I cannot expect to stop a |
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determined attacker anyways", or an statement along the lines of "nobody |
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would ever attack me anyways"? If the latter, please erase that thought |
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from your mind and proceed as if you'd never considered it. The vast |
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majority of those attacked never expected to be, and they are often the |
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victim of script kiddies and other automated attack vectors that just go |
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for whatever victims are available. |
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Regards, |
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Richard M. Conlan |
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J.A. wrote: |
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> Should I change my password? |
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> My root password is a small word. I don't know if this makes any |
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> difference or is appropriate but when I type in the command "users", it |
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> will list the same user 3 to 7 times. Other weird stuff has happened |
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> like my clock changing to way different times. Also there is a user rpc |
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> pointing to /sbin/portmap and a user 1000 which I did not create. |
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> If I have been cracked into I would never know probably. Also the reason |
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> why I am bringing this to your attention is because I am backing up some |
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> sensitive code with encryption to yahoo.com and hotmail.com email |
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> accounts. I have dialup and I can email up to 10MB. |
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> I have a separate gateway/firewall (in.thesame.net) but I forgot the |
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> user name and password. It was setup with openna.com security procedures |
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> about four years ago. Also I am thinking that security is a waste of |
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> time but I would like to back up my sensitive code in a secure fashion. |
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> |
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> Yours, |
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> JAson |
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