From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2012-06-13, Adam  wrote:   
   > Moe Trin wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   >> , Adam wrote:   
   >   
   > [boot schemes]   
   >   
   >> I'd suggest that having "that many" filesystems on a single disk is a   
   >> bit on the unusual side for the average user.   
   >   
   > I suppose that the other extreme would be the folks who use separate   
   > partitions for /usr, /var, etc. within a single install, but they're not   
   > "the average user" either.  I haven't yet decided how to repartition the   
   > internal HD on the new box, but it will have at least / for production   
   > distro, / for migration, /accounts, and swap.  I put everything on the   
   > root partition, but with links to /accounts and other data partitions.   
      
   I think you mean that you put data, home, etc on /accounts and link to   
   them from the / partition. Otherwise it makes no sense, since all you   
   would have in /accounts is a bunch of links ( and it could a 4K partion)   
      
      
   > I may repartition the external HD at some point too.   
   >   
   >> I'd be asking on the a.o.l.suse   
   >> newsgroup.  If that can't be trivially fixed, thats a -10 in the eval   
   >> (which is to say "total reject").   
   >   
   > I just asked there.  I'm hoping they won't reply with "No, that's not a   
   > problem, it's a feature."  BTW the "distro shootout" taking place on   
   > "eris" will probably get temporarily suspended, and I'll take the path   
   > of least resistance by installing the latest Mandriva and/or Mageia (64   
   > bit) on the new box.  I can always migrate to other distros later if I   
   > want to.   
   >   
   > [wireless and Ethernet]   
   >   
   >> If you've been following   
   >> the stupidity being revealed about the LinkedIn password fiasco, one   
   >> researcher discovered some of the exposed passwords were apparently   
   >> produced by an ancient and highly b0rken program called "mkpasswd".   
   >   
   > Yep, I saw that article.  I gather that when mkpasswd first appeared ca.   
   > 1995, it was adequate, given the comparatively slow speed of a brute   
   > force attack back then.   
   >   
   > For security, I use my "theory of relativity" -- my system doesn't have   
   > to be 100% secure, it just has to be more secure than most.  And of   
   > course, even the most elaborate software precautions won't help if   
   > somebody breaks into my home and steals a system.   
      
   That should be pretty obvious and allow you to take mitigating actions.   
   The problem with a software breakin is that it can be completely   
   non-obvious and you do not realise that  you have been broken into for   
   years.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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