>I agree with Rick. Myself, I do not administer a network, at least
>not yet. I have plans to experiment with networking (of course using
>Linux), but really nothing of a serious nature.
>
>I use my root account about 99% of the time. Right now, because my
>machine is effectively stand-alone. Michael's arguments should be
>cared over to that piece of proposed documentation on networking
>security for Linux (or any other UNIX for that matter). I enjoyed
>Michael's warnings, but they were too harsh for a general audience.
Thanks buddy! Actually, after learning more about it, I pretty much
agree with Michael. His methods may have been too harsh, but it's
function was precise. Linux is not Windows. Linux is made to do more.
Much more. Windows is not(in my opinion). Windows is made for people
who don't want to have to worry about security on the internet. Which
is good for people who want to use Windows. Linux you have to do
yourself and learn yourself. I definately have done both of those in
the last couple of days. If newbies looked at my postings and thought
that not using a root password (or using root period) was the way to go,
then they and many other people would have been in harms (or hackers)
way. I'll be looking at this list in a more professional way from now
on.
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