>> Right. It stops script kiddies. It stops self-recompiling worms. It
>> leaves attacks directed at your hardware/software combination and
>> attacks directed at you by pros.
>
> How does this stop script kiddies? They've already rooted you, game
> over.
>
> Just because they can't get their rootkit to compile
> doesn't mean they won't get frustrated and just rm -rf /
>
Or simply install what they need to MAKE it compile?

-mj
>
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> Matthew S. Hallacy                            FUBAR, LART, BOFH
> Certified http://www.poptix.net                           GPG public key
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