Rob W wrote: >> From: Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> This is a denial of service, not a security exploit. Crashing a box >> causes headaches, but the data within is still out of the reach of those >> who would like to steal it. > > It isn't important that people can crash your box remotely and make > the services provided unavailable? > > The data may be out of reach, but I think that denial of service > attacks also are important.
It is considered bad form and impolite to take a private response and publicly reply. That said, you miss the point. A denial of service isn't a data security issue, it's a data availability issue. Yes, a DoS attack is important, but I'd rather have my data completely unavailable (and have to go reboot the machine) than have it spewed all across the internet.
