Re: [SLUG] [OT] Someone trying to hack me

[marty@xxxxxxxxxx]

> DJ! <djenkin3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:59 am
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] [OT] Someone trying to hack me
>
> > Anybody who connects a windows box directly to the net is asking
> for
> > trouble, even if its just on a dial up modem.
>
> What a stupid fscking remark. I'm not even going to dignify your
> stupidity with further comment.

To be a bit more diplomatic, a WinXX box on the network is fine as long as it is
fully patched.
I won't make any snide remarks about how many patches that is, but making broad
sweeping statements like "people shouldn't run WinXX on live IPs" is just wrong.

Anyway, either thread==dead or thread->chat...

marty