On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 19:14 +0100, Lech Karol Pawłaszek wrote: > On Thursday 10 of February 2005 18:22, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Feb 10, Lech Karol Paw?aszek <ike@kni.univ.szczecin.pl> wrote: > > > Well... not really... it's something like this: > > > "I don't know much about cars, just how to drive one. I looked under the > > > hood, and there were all the messy wires everywhere. And I remember, that > > > one of them wasn't there when i looked there last time, so I cut this one > > > out." > > > > OK. People who do this are still morons. > > To be honest - i don't care what you think about people who "cut extra wire > from their car". They can be morons or whoever they want to be. I would point > out that one might be suprised that a hidden directory appeared in his/hers > root directory. What happens next? Well. One could think something like "i've > been compromised" and do a fast remove. Cut and end of the story. > > Anyway. I know it's a little bit far-fetched story, but it happens sometimes. "Ready! Fire! Aim!" can have disastrous results. http://www.2theadvocate.com/sk/old_articles/stories/new_safety002.shtml "Yoshihiro Hattori was shot to death when he knocked on the door of Peairs' house, mistaking it for the site of a Halloween party." If you are concerned that your box has been breached: - pull the Ethernet cable - turn it off - go to another computer and start Googling -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "What has a tiny brain, a big mouth, and an opinion nobody cares about? You!" from Murphy Brown
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