Leaf-user added back in. More support resources and it gets archived. :)
I had an Eigerstein, and then a Eigerstein2BETA on 24x7 providing web and email services for (geez) 2-3 years...(?) until I moved, [offline for the last 6 months (sigh)] without getting successfully hacked. There was a LOT in the logs, a few DOS attacks, but nothing ever got through. I did have locked down and secured servers behind the firewall but as I was providing services I did have ports open (trivia quiz: 21, 25, 80, 443, hmmm...and 22). I do not believe that there has been a reported incident of a successfully hacked 'stein series distribution. I suspect that Oxygen and the others are the same. (I really need to write up and submit a testimonial) If you are NOT providing web, ftp or an email server AND you have virus protection, don't load warez or open unknown attachments, then you really should be quite safe. With the built in DMZ support, if you decide to experiment with the above mentioned services, you add another layer. Keep in mind that if grc's scanner can see a stealth'd port, that means more advanced tools can see it as well. If a port is closed, then all that means is that it is closed and will NOT respond to requests on that port. On the fortunate side, if you are effectively firewalled, then the worst is generally the automated script-kiddie scans that just occur with regularity and are annoying, but if you didn't have firewall logs, you wouldn't even know about them. Oh yes, I can't say enough about the upside of a good UPS! Have fun and happy networking. I have installed these at a number of friends and family. members. Some of the list folks use them in far more complex environments. -sp -----Original Message----- From: richard clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:06 PM To: Steven Peck Subject: RE: [Leaf-user] UPNP port problem Hi Steven I'm concerned about leaving this box turned on for any long periods of time for fear of being hacked. As I stated I'm a newbie and I'm not sure what can be hacked through this port. I also plan to install this at all of my family's homes once I get it down. --- Steven Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a little confused. > Is this a problem and if so what would you like to > accomplished? > > If it is closed, it's not doing anything except > saying this port is > closed. True, it does say that the port is closed, > but not that there > is a service there. > > -sp > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of richard > Hello All, > I'm a newbie and I'm using the Dachstein distro for > lrp and I've found that running grc's port probe > shows > this port " 5000 upnp " as closed instead of stealth > mode. Any help would be great. > > Thanks > rickyc _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
