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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    I don't think that here is anyone arguing that it is bad to have a GUI for apparmor. What I've been trying to say of the past few pages is that only with a nice little GUI for apparmor and also only...
  2. Thread: Precautions?

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    [all variants] Re: Precautions?

    This site is pretty much useless as it only tells how long it'd take to crack the given password using brute-force method. There are other methods like dictionary attacks which would get simple...
  3. Thread: Precautions?

    by mainerror
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    [all variants] Re: Precautions?

    12 characters without complexity is not as secure as 9 with complexity. Always use passwords with upper-case, lower-case, special characters and numbers.
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    [SOLVED] Re: 10.04 ssh unusable

    I have tried to reproduce it but for me everything works just fine. What network adapters do you both have?
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    And you think only computer literate will find their ways to Ubuntu? This would be very naive at best. All kinds of people with all kinds of knowledge will find their way to Ubuntu, which is...
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    [SOLVED] Re: ssh-copy-id not working on one box

    Is the no password directive active on the server when you try to copy your key to it?
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    I use only AdBlock Plus to get rid of adds'n stuff. No NoScript.

    The problem is that for the average user a firewall application symbolizes total security as the don't know better and they don't...
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    Well thank you very much for posting this as this is exactly what I'm ranting about the last couple of pages. I'm talking about that absolute security is an illusion where a simple front-end giving...
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    Well thats perfectly fine for firewalls I would never argue about that but it should not be applied to everything. I don't refer to network traffic but more to the general thinking pattern.

    And...
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    Re: Ubuntu and Design Suit

    Very true. I'd like to add another point to that. Speed. If you need to get something done fast then you should maybe not use Gimp in the first hand but Adobes' program for that task.
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    Re: special issue on command line arguments

    What exactly is the problem? The double-quote escaping? If that's the case you might want to use single-quotes as your outer quote, then you can use double-quotes inside them without having to escape...
  12. [ubuntu] Re: How to handle security in 10.10 Maverick meerkat

    What you are planing to do it extremely dangerous. Those security measures are there for good especially if your are new to this OS you should consider keeping them.
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    Ah I see the old "oh-gosh-windows-is-communicating-with-microsoft" problem. With the risk to sound very rude you simply don't seem to understand that much about the OS you are operating on and...
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    [SOLVED] Re: 10.04 ssh unusable

    Are other networking operations affected too?
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    [ubuntu] Re: BT tools in ubuntu,..

    You won't be able to get all tools from BT by just using their repos.
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    Re: GNOME vs. Unity

    This thread is quite pointless if you sit back and think about it a bit.

    Have you seen Unity in action on 11.04? Most-likely not since it is not there yet.

    I'd say first try it out and then...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Noob questions and need ideas

    This.



    If the above is not applicable then this.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Boonana Virus

    Actually it only shows that you have to update your software regularly to keep your system secure which is nothing new either.

    That hole only exists in older versions of Java. Update regularly,...
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    100% agreed.
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    [all variants] Re: TuxGuardian - application based firewall

    Please forgive me if I sound rude but I believe it has to be said.

    People have to start change their mind about how to operate their computers. W still are in the stone age it's time to start...
  21. Re: What's with the Ubuntu logo and the obsession with circles?

    Which is exactly what they have done by that. Their design got more minimal. Flat only bi-color logos and so on.
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    [all variants] Re: My IP is being spoofed, help please?

    Sorry for being pedantic but a cold start neither a warm start would ever help you with this problem as not the computer itself obtains the public IP address but the router in front of the computer....
  23. [ubuntu] Re: Who's watching the keepers, or "is it safe?"

    This.
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    Re: How to develope gui?

    I'm just trying to tell you that it appears as if you are trying to run but you don't know how to walk. That isn't going work.

    You have to learn the basics of all involved technologies you want to...
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    Re: How to develope gui?

    I don't know if we can convince you to do anything but we can only hope you take our feedback and suggestions which would be learn to program from the beginning. In other words learn the basics and...
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