[ale] Sunday 05-22-05 6PM RUN-AS-ROOT CHALLENGE

[Michael B. Trausch]

George Carless wrote:
> 
>>Seems like people keep forgetting the Linux factor of this discussion. People 
>>cannot post about the security benefits (root or non-root) in this forum and 
>>dog M$ and then act as though Linux is every bit as INsecure just by running 
>>as root. I, for one, have more respect for the operating system than that.
> 
> In many respects, your respect is therefore misplaced.
> 

While the Linux kernel is surely a respectable thing, it's not
bulletproof.  It deserves a decent amount of respect... But the kernel
itself can only do so much.

That is why there are other programs that make up the operating
environment and manage things like users and security.

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