In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:56:00 +0100
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> How well do you know PC security?
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6047560.stm
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> | I quite liked:
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> | Windows is nagging you to update the operating system. What do you do?
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> | A: Ignore it, the updates will just slow down your machine
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> | B: Install the updates as soon as they become available
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> | C: Update every six months. Just to keep Microsoft happy
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> | [...]
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> | What is a DDoS attack?
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> | A: Guerilla activism by open source software advocates in which
> | they uninstall Windows on a PC and replace it with Linux
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> | [...]
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> `----
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> This questionnaire proves that Windows security has become very complex and
> it requires a lot of 'knowledge' from its users.
Hmph. They're a little sloppy, they are, though their heart is in
the right place.
#1: If you had a zombie in your house, what would you do?
D: Gag from the stench. :-)
#3: An e-mail turns up bearing an attachment labelled as video of a nude
celebrity. What do you do?
D: Save it for posterity, as it can do no harm to me. Mailx is so
stupid it doesn't know what an image is, which protects it nicely.
#4: Windows is nagging you to update the operating system. What do you
do?
D: Laugh myself silly since Microsoft (a) never sends E-mails anyway,
and (b) I'm not running Windows. (This isn't quite "A", though it's
close.)
#8: What is a firewall?
D: A piece of software *on* one's PC that blocks net-borne attacks.
E: A piece of *hardware* sitting between PC and network that blocks
net-borne attacks.
For the record: 10 out of 10, though I had to look up #2. I have
been infected with *one* virus -- on an Amiga 1000 with only a floppy.
Since I no longer have an Amiga 1000 (I traded it in for a 2000 at one
point) and the Amigas aren't running anyway, what me worry? :-)
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Useless C++ Programming Idea #23291:
item *p; if(p != 0) delete p;
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