On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Stephan Lauffer wrote:
A "normal user" instead normally does not have a internet connection 24h a day and also no static ip-adress. So it�s not very important, if the security-level of the system is not very high.
Sounds like Security Through Obscurity. That, "...is the microsoft approach... and should never be allowed" [-- Linus Torvald] Besides I don't want programs I not using running all the time. most normal users don't need to be running httpd/ftpd/telnetd/etc.., so why spend valuable resources (and they are on my 486) running these useless programs. (Useless to people who don't have a use for them, before I get flamed for saying apache is a useless program, full stop.) cog -- ,------------------------------, ,====================| S H U N A N T I O N L I N E |===================, | David M. Webster '------------------------------' (aka cogNiTioN) | |=======================================================================| | cognition@bigfoot.com |=============| cognite.net will be online RSN. | '====== I use Linux everyday to up my productivity - so up yours! ======'