[H-GEN] Debian v Mandrake

[Bradley Marshall]

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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Nikolai Lusan wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Jimmy Freese wrote:
> > I might be too lazy.
> You also might find all your data missing and your username/passwords
> emailed to a large spam list. A few years back a young humbug member had
> an out of date sendmail that got hacked - he only had his partion tables
> deleted but that was scary enough.

You might also find yourself talking to the authorities
when they track back the hackers who have used your box to
break into other boxes.

Being too lazy is no excuse, its not that hard to keep up
to date.

Thanks,
Brad
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