[ale] OT: Deluxe office accommodations for the paranoid

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Apr 3 12:58:03 EDT 2012


On 04/03/2012 12:43 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> fav computer prank involved a pile of Linux machines in a pretty open
> environment.
>
> Evil user would sniff clueless (l)user password (pre-ssh days) and then
> remotely launch xroach on the screen.
>
> Part 2: Hacked head professors email client to have the email filtered
> through the gnu talk filters set to 'jive'. Prof popped a gasket
> thinking the GRANT PROPOSAL he just emailed had been converted as well.

Set users PS1 to execute 'banner help' in there .profile


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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