Re: Future Linux devel. Kernels

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Date: Mon May 08 2000 - 10:57:02 EST


Khimenko Victor <khim@dell.sch57.msk.ru> said:

[...]

> It works beautifully. As long as intruder does not know where exactly
> traps are placed he can not avoid traps. Will it work as long time defence
> against scilled cracker SPECIALLY directed against you ? Probably not.
> Will it stop most crackers ? For sure. As long as traps are NOT common and
> thus not known to majority of crackers!

It will work beautifully for people like you, who don't need it (they know
how to secure a box, I presume). It won't work for unwashed users of
"Distribution Foo", all of whom get the same traps. And they are the ones
who would really need it. Pure bloat, no benefit.

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