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RE: A rather newbie question
From: "Ethan Vaughn" <evaughn () levithan net>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:22:36 -0600 (MDT)
This might be obvious, so i apologize in advance. I just wanted to point out that this is probably the no.1 security fallacy I hear among my endlusers. "Schmidt, Michael R." <Michael.Schmidt () T-Mobile com> wrote:
Thanks, I use ISA server. This is my home network, so I probably have nothing that they would be interested in. I do have two static IP addresses and a DSL line.
Yes, there *is* something "they" are interested in: owning your box. Even the wimpiest granny-owned win95 box is valuable to a blackhat. Once "owned" your box becomes a "safe machine" from which a blackhat can launch anonymous attacks. Any trace will come back to you. I think of it this way, how would I like my personal machine's IP address to show up in a DDoS attack log against FBI.org? That usually motivates me to spend a little extra time on my personal net's securiy. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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