Yes, but being beyond belief paranoid and "conspiracy theory" oriented isn't healthy either. Being extremely paranoid results in assumptions about things that aren't there. That something that is normal traffic is perceived as an attack. (aka False Postive).


Perhaps its better to say be viligent and if you are going to test scripts do it on non-important machines, ones that are ok to sacrifice.

Some viligence is required but there has to be an element of trust. I know that given our current climate and the effects of Sept 11th have changed that but in order for society to exist we need some element of trust.

You log on here. You trust them not to give out your personal information. You trust that they won't connect back to your computer and do malicious things. How do we know they don't? Officially, I can say I don't but I trust the owner, JP, because of the reputation he has earned. I trust JP that if he sends me a file to open it because it comes from a trusted source.

Jparker made the mistake of trusting someone who comes off as an "authority" and as "trustworthy". He also made the mistake of not checking beforehand and of using the code on a machine that had some importance to him. He needs to be more viligent about the code.

Be viligent when using code and tools. Be aware but not paranoid.