> It's not safe, and you NEVER should connect as root. For much the 
>same reasons you should NEVER use Windoze to connect at all. In both 
>situations, anybody has root capabilities

This is not 100% correct. 

If you use Win9x/WinME, it is correct. All users have "root" privleges.
If you use NT/Win2K/WinXP, you most certainly can easily connect to the
Internet as a non-root-user, with no rights to install software.

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