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SubjectRe: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c)
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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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