In order to install and configure software using linux it is often necessary to run as root. In the case of manufacturer's software updates, it may be necessary to even do that on line but that I'm not completely certain of since I've not got rhns-setup and up2date goin over here yet. I try not to actually install software when on line though so that I get a little protection. The other thing is, I have firewall security at high level but understand firewall piercing is possible given a howto is available on that subject in the linux howto archives. For redhat that security level means nothing is listening and I've read a suggestion on having xinetd run sendmail I'll probably try out if it's not already implemented. Last year some script kitty incorrectly installed linsniffer on my linux system, unfortunately for them all partitions got wiped and all were reformatted when I reinstalled the system. There wasn't enough valuable on the system to have even been worth their time or effort but I understand we have lots of Chinese spies in our area and they might have been looking to harvest a work-related password. Unfortunately, work is at work and home is at home and they don't even meet with passwords since I don't log onto work computers from home.
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