On 3/9/06, Rony Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dinesh Joshi wrote: > > > > > cant he jsut hack the init script to background the process? It's as > > simple as adding a & after the command. > > > > The issue is about privacy. I don't want some third party server to know > everytime, that I have booted into linux. Anything that goes out of my > system should do so with my consent. :) I am quite happy with my local time. > In windows I can control what goes out due to the firewall but in linux > thats not possible as firewalls are for incoming protection only. >
I guess, I didnt get you properly. But if you are afraid of getting detected as linux box on network , try to play around with iptables. Or even better you can try " ippersonality " . -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AbhiSawa -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
