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Just getting security paranoid
While I never declared myself a security expert :), I've seen
security experts who secured his machine by changing his /etc/issue
message to print some nonexistent Linux distro name. I doubt he knows
much about ipchains, capabilities, and such, but - dunno - I'm not too
much into the hax0rs scene, so, could it be that his strategy is in fact
better than mine? Could it be that setting traps to address the average
hacker is actually better than doing stuff The Right Way?
Anyone knows the hacking/kiddies world a little better? What do they
look for? Where do they usually update from?
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Best regards,
Ilya Konstantinov a.k.a Toastie
[http://toast.demon.co.il]
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