-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cassiano Leal wrote: > John Hasler wrote: >> Joe Hart wrote: >>> What is the point of having all info stored in plain text files if >>> one is >>> supposed to only use tools to edit them? >> >> There is no such suppostion. > > Should I propose the opposite way of thinking? > > Instead of: "What is the point of having all info stored in plain text > files", why don't we just ask: "What is the problem of having all info > stored in plain text files?" > > Cassiano OK, What is the problem of having all info stored in plain text files?
Aside from the fact a cracker could easily read them, they could do that anyway even if they were binary because if someone is adept enough to get through the firewalls, then they usually have enough knowledge of how the system works to reek havoc in any case. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/q2jiXBCVWpc5J4RAvibAKC7nUWnBtiWajUOpWaW87apA6DkkQCgl1Gl YPHvy8ht4CXcvUuo6ZKkh8U= =Xjv1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
