On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:37:27PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:09:54PM -0500, steVe wrote: > >so spake Neil Watson [2004.08.19 @ 10:26]: > >>Can't you just set the ownership of your files to 600? > >they're already 600. the thing is, on this network, it is very easy for > >anyone with sudo access to become any other user and read their home > >directory files, regardless of permissions. neat, huh? > > Doesn't that mean that they could just as easily have your email copied > to them via .forward file or a procmail recipie? Yes, but this is much easier to notice. They'd have to create a .forward or modify your .procmailrc -- and they'd have to leave evidence to where the mail was going. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers.
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