On 3 February 2015 at 12:09, Always Learning <centos at u64.u22.net> wrote: > As for security, the cess pit is weak security not on Linux, BSDs and > others etc. but on M$. It seems to be incredibly easy for one malicious > person to launch attacks from machines they control all over the world - > and those machines just happen to be running M$. Breaking into M$ > machines seems to be t-o-o easy so I suspect it is not password > weaknesses that are being exploited ! This is not correct and a dangerous assumption to make about real and current threats. Your security practice, as you have described it, is poor. If you have been compromised, you may not be aware of it. A compromise of your systems weakens the whole community. Kal Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 DealMax Pty Ltd Suite 1416 401 Docklands Drive Docklands VIC 3008 Australia "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925