Re: Fwd: Re: [MiNT] Security

[atari@bright.net (Lonny Pursell)]

On 19 Jul 99 18:53:16 +0000, Barry Schut wrote:

>---------- Forwarded message -----------
>From: nut@casema.net (Barry Schut)
>To: kellis@leading.net (Katherine Ellis)
>
>On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:05:35 -0400 (EDT), Katherine Ellis wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Katherine Ellis wrote:
>> 
>> > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Teemu Hukkanen wrote:
>> > 
>> > > Why do you post stuff like this to the mint-list? The list isn't a
>> > > general u*ix helpdesk, nor is it a pseudo-security list. If you're
>> > > just quoting a book for no apparent reason, please do it elsewhere,
>> > > there are web-based discussion systems for cluelessness.
>> > 
>> > hmm ok teemu, i guess my bad. 
>> > 
>> > /me whisles away...
>> > 
>
>/me kicks in:
>
>HOLD!  as far as *-I-* can see, MiNT has 2 sides: AES and UNIX-LIKE
>i myself have a mint setup with both standard combined (the aes starts
>automaticly) so this 'quote' is lethal for my system if some dork starts
>to hack my system down (when online) and starts this program, combined
>with what ever tools one can use to kick my ass of the internet, i'm finito...
>
>this is a very effective way of kicking someones butt when using MiNT... because
>asfar as i can see, this program can be made to run on/in mint i would like
>some answers on this:
>
>has anyone tried such a program in mint?
>
>could that process_limit_per_user be build in the kernel of mint? i like the
>idea...
>
>thanks, and kellis, i thought it was interesting/importand enough to mention in
>the mint list, so you've got my blessing ;)

I found it very interesting too as there seems to be a bad trend
whilst on IRC.  Persons from hosts attempting telent connections
and no real idea where from or why.

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