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[George Adkins]

> > (2) I'm not too knowledgeable at mail administration; there's a good
> > probability that this machine is not as secure as it could be.
>
> Here is the easiest way to tell if a machine is as secure as it could be.
> Is rigged so that touching it blows up the entire city, then entombed in
> solid cement, buried deep underground, and watched by heavily armed
> infantry and rabid dogs?
>
> If you answered no to any of the points, or worse your machine is plugged
> into wall power, or horrors, connected to the internet, then it isn't as
> secure as it could be.

heh, sounds like if your machine exists, it's potentially unsecure by this 
definition.  The easiest and fastest way to secure an unsecure machine is to 
unplug it.  Then, (assuming you can deny physical access to the box), it 
should be totally secure.

George