On 1/12/06, Ed Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need your help. > > A bud's wife lost ALL! of her pictures of her two kids over the last 3 > years.
Gee, that is awful. Install Fedora Core or Ubuntu on that computer. > > Any others? Any changes? > > Backup your stuff > Save your stuff often This is redundant. Instead say "Use a firewall". Even the simple firewall that exists in their dsl modem. > Keep your system patched > Avoid Microsoft products (Windows, IE) > Use common sense for password security I would be more specific. Namely use a password that is at least 8 characters long and is a mixture of upper and lower case letters, digits and punctuation. > Use common sense when going online (email+surfing vs. crummy low-life scum) Never allow root logins and use PAM or sudo.. > ? > > TIA, > > Ed > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- Kind regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
