From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZA45-0003V6-Pa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:27:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91E8AE0395; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from genesis.genestate.com (unknown [212.21.116.18]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F11E0395 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.194.217.10] (faust.genestate.com [10.194.217.10]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CEE461A17 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:27:39 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4999CC39.1050502@genestate.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:27:37 +0000 From: Matt Harrison User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as a production server - insecure? References: <6b16fb4c0902160405t6a2fcd3alb069d8e1a869e509@mail.gmail.com> <200902161326.07025.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> <200902161833.38055.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fe76ffe3-4bcc-4b49-ae12-697948be2abe X-Archives-Hash: a3db4991390aa0946132d49a544c6d41 james wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs online.de> writes: > > > >> would you please be so kind and avoid hijacking other threads next time. >> > > Um, you must not have read the response. > > I did specifically address and provide remedy if indeed having gcc > installed on a machine is a security threat. > > Sure I expounded on the whole concept of security, because one > of the most important aspect of any or all security is a measure > of reasonableness and sufficiency. There are many instances, imho, > that overkill for security is applied and often does not work, > such as removing gcc from a system. A good hacker (security interloper) > can patch a system without ever compiling anything on that system.... > > > Your opinion that I hijacked a thread is, well, your opinion, at best. > > > Ignore what you do not like, or give a more singularly focused response, > if you deem that necessary, but avoid pissing into a fan and telling > the rest of us how cool and relevant you are. > > After all, you did not even respond with any relevance to what the poster > was look for, did you ? (your just another pompous a.....).... > > > hth, > James > > > > > Actually Dirk wasn't talking to you at all, he was talking to the person that did indeed hijack the thread (titled "Mailing Lists") by replying to it with an unrelated email (titled "Gentoo as a production server - insecure?"). This was a valid point, as it was thread hijacking and it does make threads very difficult to manage. It does not however make it so difficult to manage that you cannot see Dirk replied to the original hijacking email, and not to you. Now lets all kiss and make up :) Matt