Re: [gentoo-security] Should I change my password?

[Richard M. Conlan]

How can you possibly think that security is a waste of time? Is this a 
cynical statement along the lines of "I cannot expect to stop a 
determined attacker anyways", or an statement along the lines of "nobody 
would ever attack me anyways"? If the latter, please erase that thought 
from your mind and proceed as if you'd never considered it. The vast 
majority of those attacked never expected to be, and they are often the 
victim of script kiddies and other automated attack vectors that just go 
for whatever victims are available.

Regards,

Richard M. Conlan

J.A. wrote:
> Should I change my password?
>
> My root password is a small word. I don't know if this makes any
> difference or is appropriate but when I type in the command "users", it
> will list the same user 3 to 7 times. Other weird stuff has happened
> like my clock changing to way different times. Also there is a user rpc
> pointing to /sbin/portmap and a user 1000 which I did not create.
>
> If I have been cracked into I would never know probably. Also the reason
> why I am bringing this to your attention is because I am backing up some
> sensitive code with encryption to yahoo.com and hotmail.com email
> accounts. I have dialup and I can email up to 10MB.
>
> I have a separate gateway/firewall (in.thesame.net) but I forgot the
> user name and password. It was setup with openna.com security procedures
>  about four years ago. Also I am thinking that security is a waste of
> time but I would like to back up my sensitive code in a secure fashion.
>
> Yours,
> JAson
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