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from the desktop in KDE or Gnome and it will happily prompt you for
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Each mo...@noon - 3PM> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:53:16 -0700> Subject: Re:
HackFest Linux Security Series: Happy Valentines Day - How to Create a
Linux Virus in Five Minutes "Required Reading for the Enlightened MailLister">
From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> > But
how many ppl run with near root like access?> > Here not many but my first nix
box I did..> > And isn't the partial point of hack fest to get ppl going?> > >
On 2/13/09, Sharkscott <[email protected]> wrote:> > *That's the *whole
point* of using *nix! A user cannot kill the *system*.> > That is the whole
point....*> >> > And that is something that they will just never never get.> >>
> Scott> >> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Jason <[email protected]>
wrote:> >> >> Umm, no offense, but this article is a ton of "if-then-else"
type> >> thinking.> >>> >> "You can...no, really, you can...if..."> >>> >> I
love the line about "Just because it can't affect the whole system> >> doesn't
mean it can't cause damage."> >>> >> That's the *whole point* of using *nix! A
user cannot kill the *system*.> >> That is the whole point....> >>> >> Lisa, I
think you sent this just to get people going....:)> >>> >>> >> On Fri,
2009-02-13 at 16:43 +0000, Lisa Kachold wrote:> >> > On Friday the 13th, the
end of the universe as we know it, right> >> > before Valentines Day attachment
madness, we examine the techno-urban> >> > myth "Linux is more secure than
Windows" with this excellent treatise> >> > on linux security. It includes
"Getting Root" and "pwning your> >> > friends/enemies" in one easy click.> >>
>> >> > obnosis.com | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452> >> > PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd
Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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--> > Scott Ruecker,> > Editor-in-Chief> > LXer Linux News> >> > "The world
doesn't need saving. But the word does, and editing is what> > fights the good
fight."> >> > -- > Sent from my mobile device> > A mouse trap, placed on top of
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