First of all...
HOW many times do I need to be reprimanded? And by how many people?
I believe ONE with 'root' status was SUFFICIENT.
Second of all...
The link I posted was informational. Check it if you want. It gets the point across. I don't have the time to sit here and type a long-winded explanation. So...invariably...
LINKS IT IS.
And... As for THIS:
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Originally Posted by b0uncer
I bet you didn't think about why.
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No, 'b0uncer'. I didn't THINK why. I KNOW why...and I DON'T CARE why. The reason is simple. I check the links and am NOT posting broken links, spam or any links leading to malicious material. I've been in enough forums to know better.
Plus...I'm just not the malicious type. So...having checked my own moral state and found it to be of 100% sound mind.. I posted a link.
And...Jeremy:
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Originally Posted by jeremy
cyryl_the_wolf, Please do not circumvent the rules like this.
--jeremy
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I do sincerely apologize. It was not necessarily my intention to undermine the security process. That is why I made it clear as to why I was doing it as I posted. I was simply very tired that night, had only an ounce of brain juice left to go on before I passed out at my bedside system and REALLY wanted to help the poor guy. After all, I had compiled a wealth of information that well-explained what he was wanting to know. It didn't seem like the other explanations were getting through to him.
But I do apologize for circumventing. THANK YOU for being polite in your correction, though.
But I do admit, titanium_geek:
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Originally Posted by titanium_geek
cyryl- I appreciate you are trying to help people, but please try and post useful things without urls. you could post a broken url- such as website DOT com.
Asking you not to do it again is a bit pointless- its done already.
The link ban is because of the EVIL spam that tries to flood the net.
evil spam. eeevil.
titanium_geek
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You are welcome. But if there is a supposed 'ban' on links...then why are you able to post them at all? I suppose that a cushion of 3 postings before one is able to make mass-postings containing spam is sensible. (Especially to prevent bots, etc.) But after only three links...? As I have [obviously] displayed here, it is not hard to circumvent this tactic. I guess the site is simply set up to do what it can without completely limiting the capabilities of it's legit users. Aye?
Perhaps I could offer a suggestion? Is it possible to engineer the forum so that only members reaching a certain forum rank could post? These types of individuals would have shown by then that they are legit and competent; their intentions known. It would obviously take more postings to reach this level. (Hopefully it would be a reasonable number so as to NOT discourage them from continuing their efforts.) Thusly it would discourage other creative individuals *grins in spite of self* from undermining the security? Just a basic suggestion. (Which now makes this post relevant to this thread, no less. )
And YES. SPAM IS EVIL. No disagreement there.
All in all I didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I just HAD to get the information out of my head before I could no longer force my sleep-deprived brain to send the typing signals to my fingers. I should also make it clear that while I could have copy and pasted the information from the sites into the posting... I have been banned from two other forums for doing just that. They stated that the posting was too long because of it and that it made the thread "uncomfortable to read the thread" and such.
I'm here to help where I can. I won't sell myself short, nor will I make myself out to be a guru. But I do have a lot of experience with hardware, software and OS in general. There are far too many people out there who need help but don't get competent helpers.
I just want to do my part.
Once again, I apologize for my tactics. I found the means necessary to accomplish my mission and proceeded to that objective. I doubt I severely ruined anyone's day/night and figure that I might've helped someone in the process. That's all.
See you all later.