On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:22:45 +0000 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given that systems like e.g. Ubuntu server do not even have a > firewall running would make you think so. The fact that while on the > road you only stay connected for short periods of time would improve > your chances too. However, every time you start an internet > connection to a server you have open ports at random which could be > discovered and exploited. It only takes a few seconds over broadband > with a well crafted script.
This is true; however, the actual "exploitability" of something like this seems pretty low to me. The biggest problem that I see here is MITM/Spoofing probably, and it's a problem that firewalls only help treat, but certainly don't cure completely. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
