On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 23:52:00 +0200
Matthias-Christian Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Tobias Kieslich schrieb:
> >I like to second that, since a line like "Apache (latest version)" reads for
> >a potential hacker like "I know my business, I'm uptodate". From a
> >psychological point of view this is a good argument. The other way around,
> >"Archlinux (known as the most secure Distro ever)" would have a similar
> >effect. We work on it...

> But Arch Linux isn't a secure distribution and I think mentioning that 
> it is an Arch Linux Server is not advantageous in this case.
> Sometimes anonymity is more advantageous than you think.

sorry, if I haven't made that clear, it was pure irony, I would try to run
a server as anonymously as possible, just like you I assume. It is some kind
of "security by obscurity" but it might help over the two or three days until
things can be patched and updated if necessary. Definitely it would lower the
attractivity of the server to a hacker if a security issue is known.

-tobbi 

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