dennis@home wrote:

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> "Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:g0plr2$98s$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>> dennis@home wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:g0pbm5$k2f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> elaich wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:g0nbn0$38v$1@news.datemas.de:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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"
>>>
>>> However you are not the first person I have run into that thinks its
>>> easier to clean a linux system than a windows one.
>>
>> I didn't say that at all !
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

Thanks for the heads up ! Fortunately I nor any of my clients run
any "Debian" systems. Which is why I hadn't picked up on this.

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Best Regards:
Baron.