i agree on this comment, fair point. i am now into my first yr of totally linux pc's (mainly UBUNTU). and i would not be able to go back, yer i have had troubles along the way but they have all been resolved from friendly forums and help from the disto websites. so keep up the good work!(as i right this on my laptop runing ubuntu 8.10)
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 11:20 -0500, Nick Fox wrote: > I want to point out one thing related to this. > > It's actually a good thing for Ubuntu that so many people are crawling > out of the woodwork trying to claim it's bad/insecure/<insert negative > comment here>, why? > > It means Ubuntu is gaining ground in the right direction, more people > with less *nix experience are trying it out and while they some may > complain I would venture to say the slient majorty is happy churing > right along with Ubuntu. > > -Nick > > > 2009/4/14 Ante Karamatić <[email protected]> > > U Uto, 14. 04. 2009., u 10:30 -0500, [email protected] je > napisao/la: > > > > The second page is reachable now. > > > > 'Ironically the first two entries: the Post Office Protocol > version 3 > (pop3) and the Internet Message Access Protocol version 2 > (imap2) are > installed and running despite Ubuntu having installed the more > secure > versions. Both of these older protocols were needed in years > past for > interoperability with older mail programs, but all major mail > programs > now support the more secure versions. (The biggest issues with > these > older services are clear text passwords; however, POP2 servers > have also > been vulnerable to root compromises.)' > > Author doesn't understand 'netstat', but uses its output to > put a claim. > So, let's start: > > 1) Ubuntu (dovecot actually) doesn't support POP2 - even the > netstat > output doesn't show pop2 > 2) Ubuntu (dovecot actually) doesn't support IMAP2 > 3) What Ubuntu (dovecot actually) supports are - POP3 and > IMAP4rev1 > > Author should know that IMAP4 is extension of IMAP2, so it > uses the same > port as imap2. As you can't define multiple names to one port > in /etc/services, sane practice is to put imap2 there. netstat > reads /etc/services and then claims that protocol is imap2. > > Next, bootpc UDP is port opened by dhclient. This guy is > runing dhcp > server without being aware of that. netstat tip #2 'sudo > netstat -aup | > grep boot'. > > So, B- for authors knowledge of UNIX/Linux systems. > > Next are users with /bin/bash. If those users would > have /bin/false, > they won't be able to run jobs from cron. > > Of course, there are some valid points, but also lots of > nonsense. > > > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
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