On Thursday 18 September 2003 04:22 pm, elemint@cox.net wrote:
> For security I have read that c compilers should be removed.

Also get rid of 'tar'. The script kiddies use 'tar' to unpackage their root 
kits. No 'tar', they go root someone else. Script kiddies are not geniuses, 
most of them have minimal computer skills and rely on root kits and "hacking 
recipes" developed by others. 

Rather than uninstall it completely, you may just wish to move the executable 
to some other name, such as, e.g. , 'rat' or 'ccg' (don't use those, please, 
they're too obvious!). Script kiddies aren't going to go looking for them, 
they're going to go on to some easier-to-hack box, and automated scripts 
aren't going to find them. 

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