On 07 Jan 2015, at 14:43 , Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2015, at 11:51 AM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 6, 2015, at 11:29 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The NTP exploit required the exploiter to be on the same local network as I >>> am. That puts my actual risk in the vicinity of “ho hum." >> >> If you are on a cable connection there might be a few thousand people on >> your “local” network. > > I am my own internet provider. I am well firewalled and am quite aware of > the security available on my network. > >>> I want to decide when new stuff hits the computer I own, thank you very >>> much. >> >> If you leave a machine on the Internet that can be completely exploited then >> you are a danger to me. > > Oh, puh-leeze. If you really believe the collectivist nonsense that other > people somehow owe you a duty to run their machines to your standards, then > you’d better get your tinfoil hat on and climb down into your fallout > shelter, because there are millions of them out there who aren’t.
And they are dangerous. How do you think these DDOS attacks work? Anyway, the NTP attack was not limited to local networks. -- ...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
