Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

[Rick Welykochy <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Pittman wrote:

> Without that commitment you well, eventually, get to join the legions of
> poorly maintained, compromised Linux boxes out there.  This hurts
> everyone, but especially you -- potentially legally, certainly in terms
> of a lot of work when your ISP (or the police) call up about all that
> SPAM you have been sending out or those warez you are distributing...

Are you implying that a zombied box can be a legal liability for
the hapless owner? If that is the case, a heck of a lot of Winders
lusers should face the courts. But I doubt this is the case.


cheers
rickw



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