On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 02:57:11PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> I don't necessarily agree with that... RedHat CAN be secure, if you spend
> the time. I've been using RedHat connected to the internet for years, and
Spend time... *yawn*
> I've only had a machine rooted on me once (due to something stupid that I
> did -- overlooking the fact that if we didn't have crackers this wouldn't
> be a problem). I'll give you that it's not exceptionally secure BY
One more than I have been.
> DEFAULT, but anyone who is concerned about security but relies on defaults
> to be secure is a bit foolish.
Let me ask you, who would be the type of person to download the latest ISO of
Red Hat, people using workstations, or servers? If you are running a mission
critical server, and you are using the latest _anything_ you're just asking
for trouble.
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Tony Lambiris [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
OpenBSD: Because I care. [www.openbsd.org]
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