Other Operating Systems

Euphoric Nightmare · 2005-12-15 00:12:17

Gullible Jones wrote:

IIRC there are ways of preventing people from chrooting in that easily.
At any rate, you really, really should use a good, strong password, not something that coud be guessed.

I agree, but on my local machine I usually don't have to worry about that kind of thing. Since there are very few people that use my machine.

Gullible Jones · 2005-12-15 01:03:52

Ehh.... If it's connected to the internet, it needs a strong password. I know, remote hacking is harder to do with *nix, but it's still a threat, and an ounce of prevention is in this case worth a metric ton of cure.

The_Nerd · 2005-12-15 01:21:34

Main Desktop: Arch/XP
Server: Arch
Families Computers: WinXP

i havent been able to convert the rest of my family over to the x-inux family yet but i'm an almost full time arch user. xp is installed for games and games only.. other than that, arch does it all. thinking about giving netbsd a try on the server though...

sash · 2005-12-15 01:55:51

my comp: Arch
wife's: VectorLInux
work: Mandriva 2006 (workstation)
and Suse 9.3 (on this)

Euphoric Nightmare · 2005-12-15 02:05:17

Gullible Jones wrote:

Ehh.... If it's connected to the internet, it needs a strong password. I know, remote hacking is harder to do with *nix, but it's still a threat, and an ounce of prevention is in this case worth a metric ton of cure.

Yeah, i can understand that. I'm just not big on security.

My webserver has a much stronger password though.

Snarkout · 2005-12-15 02:58:37

Gullible Jones wrote:

Ehh.... If it's connected to the internet, it needs a strong password. I know, remote hacking is harder to do with *nix, but it's still a threat, and an ounce of prevention is in this case worth a metric ton of cure.

Just to play devil's advocate, why? He gave no indication that he's running any services that would be remotely accessible - at least in that post. He simply said a friend of his guessed his root password and rmed sbin. So, assuming he's not running ssh or telnet or ftp, what advantage does having a strong password offer? I'm personally extremely security conscious (or as conscious as I know how to be), but I think a lot of things are said out of route "this is The Way" mentality where security is concerned, and more so where passwords are concerned.

Gullible Jones · 2005-12-15 03:37:19

Well, in my experience on Windows, I discovered that you didn't have to run any services using external ports in order to get hacked - viruses and trojans could just appear, seemingly out of nowhere. Granted, that was Windows 98, and *nix makes Windows NT look like a sponge - never mind 9x - but a lot of that paranoia remains. I still take steps to make my system more secure during installation, and scan for rootkits periodically.

Euphoric Nightmare · 2005-12-15 04:50:24

Yeah, I don't use windows, so a lot of those problems are decreased if not eliminated. Even in windows I didn't use virus scan or spyware scanners. I found my system worked best if i just watched which sites i went to and didn't download stuff from download.com

Gullible Jones · 2005-12-15 11:51:52

I found that my system would pick things up while I slept. And I was damned careful about the websites I used, and behind a NAT router to boot. :shock:

Euphoric Nightmare · 2005-12-15 21:27:32

never had problems like that.

Gullible Jones · 2005-12-15 22:13:51

Did you ever use Windows 98 on a cable connection?

cactus · 2005-12-15 23:16:02

Gullible Jones wrote:

I found that my system would pick things up while I slept.

wow! I need that!
Something that will clean my house while I sleep... oooh...
Will it do dishes too, or just "pick things up" ?

Gullible Jones · 2005-12-15 23:48:57

It will only pick up virii, worms, and trojans. Yea, and infect itself with them.

(If network protocols are like sex, then Windows 98 is promiscuous and stupid.)

ihavenoname · 2006-01-20 04:14:22

Gullible Jones wrote:

It will only pick up virii, worms, and trojans. Yea, and infect itself with them.
(If network protocols are like sex, then Windows 98 is promiscuous and stupid.)

hahaha niiiiiiiiiiceeeeeeee

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