What motivated me was <div><br></div><div>> Bashing Windows out of ignorance does not get us anywhere and just makes us look childish.</div><div><br></div><div>Who is the "us" in there anyway?</div><div><br></div>
<div>My response was that some of us bash Windows from first hand experience. In the Linux world, some of us actually eat what we kill. We don't pontificate on the merits of not looking childish. Some of us honest and truly "get somewhere" with Linux. Some of us actually practice what we preach, pay bills, feed families, etc, etc, on the merits of Linux and the inadequacy of Windows. Believe me, I'm the last person who wants to see Windows disappear, I've made my living for 10 years off of it's shortcomings.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Oh, and the comment </div><div><br></div><div>> Personally, I enjoy reading old newspapers, but I have a day job that prevents me from making a serious attempt.</div><div><br></div><div>is a poser comment. If you had the skill set, you'd just do it. You wouldn't have wasted your time telling the list why you won't.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't have the skill set, that's why I'm curious.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Ciao,</div><div>Greg</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 May 2010 14:07, Mark Carlson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carlsonmark@gmail.com">carlsonmark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Greg Saunders <<a href="mailto:greg@taord.com">greg@taord.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Gustin, I'm just jerking your chain :)<br>
>> the default on Ubuntu is to not enable root logins btw<br>
> I understand that. However, the service that I used for this box does the<br>
> remote builds with root account enabled. The owner of the build is then<br>
> obligated to login after build, create user accounts and disable root ssh<br>
> access. I just left that way.<br>
>> I have both Windows and Linux machines with services that are naked to the<br>
>> Internet<br>
>> Also, Ubuntu 8.04 is really equivalent to Windows Vista on the Desktop<br>
> Well, are you or anyone else out there, be not only willing to provide<br>
> services but give the world a freakin' login to your Windows box? How long<br>
> to you think a standard Vista or Win 7 machine would last if you did that?<br>
> While someone was creative enough to fill up the hard drive on the 8.04<br>
> server I set up, the box is still running, apache is still serving and no<br>
> one has yet to PWN the box. There is some crazy cat process melting a whole<br>
> in the CPU right now but it just keeps serving ... sort of :)<br>
> Does anyone out there want me to install a C compiler on this box to make<br>
> your PWNing efforts easier?<br>
> Oh, and Gustin, I know you're not a Windows lover, Dafydd vouched for ya :)<br>
> Anyway, if some does PWN this box, it would be valuable to the rest of us to<br>
> know how you did it. I am willing to install pretty much anything anyone<br>
> wants to make this box more vulnerable.<br>
> Ciao,<br>
> Greg<br>
<br>
</div></div>FWIW, I doubt many people who are capable of completing your challenge<br>
are very interested in it. It seems like as much fun as reading a<br>
newspaper from a few years ago.<br>
<br>
Personally, I enjoy reading old newspapers, but I have a day job that<br>
prevents me from making a serious attempt.<br>
<br>
-Mark C.<br>
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