changing root pbuttword with Knoppix 933

And you don't mind that the vendor could be downloading files that have been altered to be detrimental to your business?

And with it running, you could be basing production on whatever tricks the cracker has decided to play on you? Do you understand that this could be more costly to your business than a couple of hours downtime?

Does your supplier need to access the machine 24 hours a day? If not all your argument about lost production flies out of the window.

Only if the vendor needs to access new files 24 hours a day.

Possibly face a mbuttive law suit when it turns out that:

a) You have done damage to your vendor's system

OR

b) You have violated someone's copyright due to changes introduced by the cracker

OR

c) You have damaged your own brand image due to changes introduced by the cracker

OR

d) None of the above, but you caused the vendor to lose production time due to changes introduced by the cracker

You cannot guarantee that any of these will not be the case since you do not know what your system is doing.

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Not proven

Hope your legal insurance is good -- Robert HULL

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