Re: [Eug-lug] List?

2004-10-25 Thread larry price
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:10:42 -0700, Kent Loobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I give up. How do I get off of this list? Eventually the mail stops, the pounding headache on the other hand just gets worse and worse. If you (kent) receive more than one copy of this message, something is seriou

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread larry price
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:36:54 -0700, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob Hudson wrote: > > > > I always thought it was that more users means a bigger install > > base means it is more attractive as a target so more viruses > > and exploits are written to target Linux. > > That was Microsha

Re: [Eug-lug] List?

2004-10-25 Thread Tim
http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug type your email address and press unsubscrbe i think you already tried that though when you got the error that the mail couldn't be delivered. otherwise try [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe they can help you with this... On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 17:10 -0700,

Re: [Eug-lug] List?

2004-10-25 Thread Bob Crandell
You should know my now that you're here to stay, Brer Fox. http://www.otmfan.com/html/brertar.htm Kent Loobey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Okay, I give up. How do I get off of this list? > > ___ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.

[Eug-lug] List?

2004-10-25 Thread Kent Loobey
Okay, I give up. How do I get off of this list? ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread Ken Barber
On Monday 25 October 2004 3:36 pm, Allen Brown wrote: > That was Microshaft's rationalization. They were just trying > to draw attention away from the fact that their system was > an attractive target because it was *so* easy to break into. Hear, hear! You have that exactly right. And the near

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread Allen Brown
horst wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:28:25 + > > From: Bob Crandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Voting Booth: Cast Your Vote On Microsoft vs. Open Source > > Cast Your Vote Now! > > Security issues will be decided on the battle ground, not at > some html checkBox/radioButton. This isn

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread Allen Brown
Rob Hudson wrote: > > I always thought it was that more users means a bigger install > base means it is more attractive as a target so more viruses > and exploits are written to target Linux. That was Microshaft's rationalization. They were just trying to draw attention away from the fact that t

[Eug-lug] iptables and modwall

2004-10-25 Thread Rob Hudson
I saw an article recently that mentioned modwall and I've never heard of it. Modwall (from MODular fireWALL) (http://www.stearns.org/modwall) provides firewall building blocks -- short sections of firewall rule set than an administrator can insert into an existing firewall. -Rob ___

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread Rob Hudson
I always thought it was that more users means a bigger install base means it is more attractive as a target so more viruses and exploits are written to target Linux. On 20041025.1305, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said ... > > how come 44 % of the people think linux would be more insecure if it > > were mor

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread larry price
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:05:10 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how come 44 % of the people think linux would be more insecure if it > > were more popular??? > > more popular == more users > more users == more eyes > more eyes == more bad people > more bad people == mor

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Pipeline Newsletter Vote

2004-10-25 Thread jgw
> how come 44 % of the people think linux would be more insecure if it > were more popular??? more popular == more users more users == more eyes more eyes == more bad people more bad people == more malware/exploits/worms/viruses Same with any other operating system.