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Re: What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?



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Cassiano Leal wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
>> Joe Hart wrote:
>>> What is the point of having all info stored in plain text files if
>>> one is
>>> supposed to only use tools to edit them?
>>
>> There is no such suppostion.
> 
> Should I propose the opposite way of thinking?
> 
> Instead of: "What is the point of having all info stored in plain text
> files", why don't we just ask: "What is the problem of having all info
> stored in plain text files?"
> 
> Cassiano
OK,  What is the problem of having all info stored in plain text files?

Aside from the fact a cracker could easily read them, they could do that
anyway even if they were binary because if someone is adept enough to
get through the firewalls, then they usually have enough knowledge of
how the system works to reek havoc in any case.

Joe


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