On Friday 29 Aug 2003 12:46 pm, Sharrea Day wrote: > Not that ZA can really help much in those situations. Clicking on > the link merely ran the script as the one-and-only user on Win98SE. > I feel much safer in Linux browsing the web as user (not root) - > although sometimes I wonder why, when the most important stuff on > my system in MY DATA. Couldn't give a sh*t 'bout the system, it can > be restored, my data can't. At least the stuff that hasn't been > backed up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining - I LOVE LINUX! > I do feel that the stress on linux security is sometimes misguided. Like you, I feel my data is the most important bit, and that's the part that a virus could trash if it could get in. I know it still has to get in, but once in it could run as user, I guess. When you combine that with the fact that linux is so stable that we forget the need for regular backups, it's time to worry.
Under windows I had a rigid backup routine. Now I am careless, and it can be weeks in between. And I'll bet I'm not alone. > Oh now paranoia is creeping in... off to do a much overdue > backup... I swear I'm getting lazier. Yup - me too. I'll do one today. Anne
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