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On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 09:09:03PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> you seem to be mailing as root. If that is true, and your username is not |
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> aliassed to root, that is unsafe. One think making linux more resistant to |
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> viruses is that on linux most things do not run as root. E-mail clients |
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> certainly do not need to run as root. |
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Is this a troll? Does it even deserve a reply? *sigh* |
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Stroller may do what he wants with his machines. He is a big boy. |
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Did you ever consider the fact that he might be running as root on an old |
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machine that is used only for email and doesn't demand high security? How |
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about a laptop that he runs as root for convenience and isn't secure, |
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because he keeps his data on another machine? Or hell, he could be running |
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linux on his PDA and emailing you from there! Does he care if that gets |
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hacked? |
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Please mind your own business unless you know the details of what you're |
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criticising :). *sheesh*. |
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Owen |
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(*ducks*) |
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