On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Ariz Jacinto wrote: > > > Ian C. Sison wrote: > > >It's a chance to practice what we preach. All the stuff we publicly > >advocate will be put to use against very potent adversaries. > > > >It's a chance to publicly defend Linux against a hacker community which > >some dread, or maybe even fear. This is as much in the public eye as it > >will ever be. This is where the FUD against open source being insecure > >due to its very 'openness' will finally be proven or disproven. > > the reputation of Open-Source System (in RP) is at stake here. imagine, if > other boxes will be penetrated and the PLUG box doesnt. it will jumpstart > OSS solutions in the country (and PLUG will lead the way)...
Right on the button there. > *a little bit of paranoia: some might be paying those "mercenaries" > to discredit their common nemesis, the OSS movement in RP. > (or the other way around, heheheh) Then it's up to us to harden the boxes we are assigned to. > i think the team should be composed of admins that have experienced > being cracked (who have learned from their mistakes), by those who > successfuly defended their systems while "watching" the attack and > most of all, by script kiddos (think like your enemy....) That's a good idea, but in order to not inbreed we also need those who are knowledgable in actually cracking Linux systems, so we have some insight as to what to harden first. > *i want to help the dream team in a small way by providing some food > (pizza,beer) during their rehearsals (maka-libre lang me ng tutorial, > hehehe) Any help is welcome dude. \8) _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
