So let's imagine, someone gaining root access( known as rooting, or being
rooted ) to your system is feeling charitable, and only runs something like:


*WARNING - Do not do this ! You've been warned.*
# gzip -9 -r /

What do you suppose will happen, and then what do you suppose you will do
to fix this problem ? Removing files recursively + forcefully would
probably be more likely. But worse still, what if the attacker simply hides
a well written executable on your system some where ? Does this system
belong to a business that uses it in some way to deal with sensitive data ?
How secure if your local network ? What kind of damage are you most afraid
of happening to systems on your network ?

Just think about the above for a while until it sinks in.

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 6:28 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:56 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>         Let me guess -- the next step will be to have the first
>> connection to
>> "debian/temppwd" require the user to change the password. <G>
>>
>
> Anyone with half a brain should already be doing that one their own. Or
> expect to get "hacked". Quoting hacked, because it's not a hack, it's
> stupidity on the users behalf.
>

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