Lan I have been a member of KPLUG but due to school and family h ave not been able to go for a while. I also was a active member of LxSA also. Sorry that you have a problem with my questions.
LeeAnn > > From: Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/22 Fri PM 01:54:02 EDT > To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Information Request - Thanks > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:35:35AM -0700, Todd Walton wrote: > > On 4/22/05, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is this a phishing expedition? > > > > What could she be phishing for? She doesn't ask for your name or your > > company's name. You could, conceivably, email from another email > > address. > > > > -todd > > Leaving aside who "she" is (and LeeAnn, you can jump in any time), if I > wanted to make a bunch of Linux home nets my bitches, I might start by > asking who was running what, especially services. Then if I can say, > "aha, a FC2 box running ssh may well have vulnerability xyz unless > they've upgraded," I'm off to the races. Additionally, reply email > addresses frequently give all a person needs to get the cable modem IR > range if not address. > > I'm not even very smart about this stuff, but I still thought it was a > lot of information to give up to an unknown. > > I suppose the counter argument is, if your box isn't secure in and of > itself, it shouldn't be on the internet anyway. > > But even if I'm inadvertently leaving my house unlocked, that doesn't > mean I want to give out my address (and the manufacturer of my garage > door opener/remote) to strangers who ask. > > -- > Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
