Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c) | From | Shalon Wood <> | Date | 24 Jul 2000 09:44:39 -0500 |
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@ns.snowman.net> writes:
> So you fix the hole that is giving the abuser root.
Defense in depth. Come on, it's a standard security principle. I have caught script kiddies before within 5 minutes of them cracking the system. Without this protection, that's plenty of time to turn a disk into a brick. If they are having to jump through hoops, that slows them down.
Shalon Wood
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