Mukund,
> From: Mukund Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<snip>
> And if some one opens with security a related topic, he is threatened to be
> thrown out.
> Why ?
Because on top of all the FUD that is directed at Linux, we _do_ have to be extra
careful about not be labelled as
harboring crackers or wannabe crackers on the list.
> I receive an average 10 kb a spam
> mail every day, just because server admin are not in position to maintain
> their server properly.
This has less to do with the sysadmins, particularly in case of VSNL/DoT it has all to
do with not a having a clear,
official policy to deal with spammers, of not having an AUP designed to be anti-UCE.
I do not want some one peeking in to my mail box as
> it has mails from my overseas customer.
> If any discussion on this list is going help vsnl to set the things right,
> it will be beneficial to listers only.
>
> And Sibayan can not called as cracker if the root account of cl server is
> offered on platter to him.
The root a/c being "offered on a platter" as you put it is not the same thing as
Sibayan had originally posted as
having tried the stuff many times over and on multiple servers. I gather that you do
keep track of comp. sec.mailing
lists. Since you express your concern about VSNL/DoT users, who as you rightly say
should get a more secure service,
may I point it out that Sibayan had ***never*** bothered to inform VSNL sysadmins
about the prevailing situations as he
had found them in. However in this case I am willing to give Sibayan the benefit of
doubt in his favor, although it is
rather difficult to do so.
> If you keep doors and lockers of your house open,
> and a burglar strikes, cops will blame you first. It is every ones duty to
> keep his house in order first and then blame others.
Sure, but then "his house" is "his property"... in other words private to the
individual concerned... there /are/ laws
against trespassing, leave alone stealing in most parts of the civilized world. And
you don't necessarily make a Robin
Hood out of a burgler.
--Indra.
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