On Mon, 6 May 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 5/6/2002 06:45 PM -0400, you wrote: > >With all due respect you sir are an idiot and a hazard to the rest of the > >community. After being hacked three separate times I would've thought > >that you would agree that you need more security. However, you continue > >to spout the above dribble to those trying to help you. > > Gerry, the point is overdramatized and rather offensive despite being based > on some hard truths. > > It is true that Glen should never have been hacked three times, and that > this fact alone shows carelessness or ignorance bordering on > irresponsibility. It is also true that most of us are, at one time or > another, so stubborn that we resist help, even help we desperately need. > > Glen has clearly fscked up here. However, all of us (you too, I'm sure) > have been that stupid at one time or another and this is *NOT* a reason to > give up. If all who committed stupid mistakes went home, there would be, as > Patrick said, no one left to run servers. > > Besides, while stubborn and careless Glen shows intelligence and a > willingness to admit when he's wrong; both of which are worth respect in > their turn.
Well, perhaps I wasn't my most patient and understanding self when I wrote that note but I still maintain that he's a menance to the rest of us. >From what I have seen of his emails he still insists that the ONLY mistake he's made is to continue using Redhat. For the life of me I don't understand how he can blame them for anything. After stating that he's been cracked three times and receiving several suggestions on how to proceed (I was one of those posters) he sent out a note that firewalls were too hard to set up and were too restrictive. I believe his comment was to the effect that he had no intentions of living on an island. That's what triggered me off! I totally disagree with your last statement. He does not show intelligence and a willingness to admit he's wrong. Just the opposite. He sees no problem with leaving his system without a firewall, he leaves open port 53 (give me one reason why a home user would open DNS...of course without a firewall he has no way to close it), and is intent on continuing down the path to be cracked again. It's not his lack of knowledge that bothers me...it's his insistence to continue regardless of the consequences to himself and others. Gerry -- "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
