Thread: XP reinstall
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Old 05-18-2008, 10:00 AM
dennis@home
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Re: XP reinstall



"Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> dennis@home wrote:
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>> "Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:g0pbm5$k2f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> elaich wrote:
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>>>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in
>>>> news:g0nbn0$38v$1@news.datemas.de:
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>>>>> Of course your MB manufacturer may not do XP drivers as its such an
>>>>> old OS then you are stuck with vista (which is better than XP).
>>>>
>>>> Your the first person I've run into who thinks so.
>>>
>>> Add a "Me Too"

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>> However you are not the first person I have run into that thinks its
>> easier to clean a linux system than a windows one.

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> I didn't say that at all !
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>> Try cleaning up after the ssh key debacle and you will find out just
>> how hard it is to be sure a linux machine that has had a security hole
>> in it really is.

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> Which ssh debacle was that ?


This one incase you haven't checked your systems yet.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...intsrc=hm_list
You need to check for exploits incase you or a machine you trusted has been
compromised as well as applying the patch.
Windows and Mac users also need to check as there are an unknown number of
linux servers that could have been compromised that they may have been
trusting.

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Old 05-18-2008, 10:00 AM