Re: Debconf and noexec on /tmp

[Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>]

Previously Ethan Benson wrote:
> why don't you bother to read what i said. script kiddies don't exploit
> unknown holes as you have stated, and what i stated above is i don't
> leave KNOWN PATCHED holes on my boxes, those are what script kiddies
> attack.

Script kiddies can get their hand on 0-day explots that you don't
know about. You seem to make the mistake of overestimating how much
you know and how little they know. A popular but dangerous mistake.

Wichert.

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