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On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Gert Doering wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
> > Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
> > > Basically, this IS the "rlogin" trick.
> > 
> > Yes. I will however fix the advisory for bug-traq publication so that
> > people not reading correctly or otherwise non-technical people don't
> > get it wrong.
> > 
> > However I doubt there is anyone non-technical reading bug-traq at this
> > time.
> 
> Judging from some of the comments and "I BE GREAT HACKER TOO!" postings
> lately, there seems to be a fairly large amount of wannabees, though...

There is nothing wrong in being a wannabee technical. :-) I myself, i'm
technically a "wannabe technical" on a lot of fields. :-) Funny enough,
i'm trying to think a field where i'm already technical, and can't think
of any. :-)

Off course, there is obviously something wrong, in scriptz-kiddies wanting
to become hackers. (let's jump into the media discussion) It seems, the
latest trend is calling them crackers. For me, they are just idiots. :-)

> So yes, some clearer rewording might be a good idea.

I suggested that rewording, not because of wannabees but because of
technically challenged administrators, that if they don't see their case
_specifically_ stated, they can't extrapolate and start shutting down safe
services unnecessarily.

> (I'm not a big help right now, sending my mails by UUCP to Germany,
> once or twice a day, at 2.5 NLG per minute (about 1.5 US$ or so), so
> my mail delay is unusually high...)

Assuming you are using your mobile? Maybe you couldn't try some secure
tunneling on a cybercafe? (cybercoffee?) 

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