Joe wrote: > I assume his plan is to keep the screen session up on a remote machine > and bounce around to different machines, continuing to log in to the one > remote machine and restore the screen session. I think we've probably > all done that, but perhaps we've all been fortunate enough to HAVE the > remote machine to do it with and he is not. > > Could he do this from his machine at home? Maybe, but it's also possible > that, being out of work, he doesn't have broadband access from home > anymore. Or, maybe his ISP blocks it completely. Could he skirt it? > Probably, but why break their TOS if someone is kind enough to offer up > simple shell access for him? > > If you read the entire IRC transcript from the link, you (at least I) > get the impression that he's trying to help people SECURE their systems, > not hack in to them. Just because he mentioned cracklib, which clearly > has a legitimate purpose, you all flew off the handle. Seems kinda silly > to me... > > He asked an honest question, I don't see why everyone saw fit to attack > him. If you don't want to give him a shell, then don't. 'Nuff said.
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