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Re: Debconf and noexec on /tmp



On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:32:06PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> 
> Well, on some level, *every* system is vulnerable to scriptkiddies. The
> worst security flaw is admin hubris; always remember that you are not
> immune.

sorry i don't leave known security holes wide open on my boxes.  only
an idiot does that.

> This is the whole point of a scriptkiddie; they don't know what they're
> dong -- they just download the sploits and run them. If they work, they
> work, if they don't they go on to the next machine in pac bell's DSL
> subnets =p

if you think thats the only kind of attacker your naive.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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