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The Monday 2007-01-29 at 12:03 -0900, John Andersen wrote:
> On Monday 29 January 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > > The server is running Suse 9.2.
> >
> > I hope it is not exposed, that is no longer maintained.
> >
>
> Carlos, a linux install does not become instantly vulnerable
> because it falls from maintenance. I know of many places
> running backlevel servers, which have so few ports open
> that they are quite safe.
Of course, I know that.
> By exposed, I suppose you mean not behind a firewall or
> a router.
I mean not exposed to internet (sp. as a server), or acting as a server in
an environment where it could be attacked.
It is chancy: a very secure system might be sucesfully atacked, and an old
one, unmantained, may stay intact for years.
> My general theory is that a linux machine used by humans
> at the keyboard is 500 time more likely to be hacked than
> one uses solely as a server or firewall/router. Of course
> I can't prove this with numbers since the last machine of
> mine that was rooted was RedHat 5.2 while it was STILL
> under maintenance.
Reminds me... a friend just phoned to tell me there is a price (10000Eur?)
for somebody breaking Vista. But I'm no "cracker", no idea what to search
for, so... no price for me. :-p
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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