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Re: more aesthetic /etc/issue



On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 09:58:24AM -0600, Andrew G . Feinberg wrote:
> I have a problem with this. People have attempted to crack my system several
> times. I feel that a major inhibitor of this is that people who connect to my
> machine get greeted with a message telling them that I run Microsoft VMS2000.
> When my /etc/issue(.net) proudly proclaimed that I ran Linux, people would
> always try the latest DoS and whatnot upon me. I believe there was a phrack

there is a difference between issue and issue.net. if you have people at the 
same physical location as your machine trying to crack into your machine, i 
don't think the logo is going to matter much.

and man. microsoft vms2000. dude. that's scary. like, really scary. i don't 
think i'm going to be able to sleep tonight.

justin
who will shoot anyone on sight who says "Debian GNU/VMS"

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