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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • I was reading about trail etiquette and saw the recommendation that if you must walk on muddy trails, walk straight through the mud, not around it. Otherwise, some trail sections will get wider and wider, disturbing more of forest.

    People are not always prepared to walk through mud, though. And sometimes a small re-route around a low spot is a stable change and not ever-widening.

    Still, the idea got me thinking. Now on trail runs I’m more inclined to plow straight through.












  • This was downvoted, but is a good question.

    If your account is compromised, the shell init code could be modified to install a keylogger to discover the root password. That’s correct.

    Still, that capture doesn’t happen instantly. On a personal server, it could be months until the owner logs in next. On a corporate machines, there may be daily scans for signs of intrusion, malware, etc. Either way, the attacker has been slowed down and there is a chance they won’t succeed in a timeframe that’s useful to them.

    It’s perhaps like a locking a bike: with right tool and enough time, a thief can steal the bike. Sometimes slowing them down sufficiently is enough to win.