On September 10, 2001 06:40 am, Ian Gulliver wrote:
> Russ:
> > That suggests that you should wait for an attack, rather than
> > attacking innocent systems. Essentially what you are doing is
> > wandering down the street, rattling doorknobs, and when the door is
> > open, searching a dozen specific locations in the house for drugs. Do
> > you think that would be tolerated in real-life? Why do you think it's
> > acceptable just because the property is a computer?
>
> I hate analogies; they're always flawed. The flaw in yours is this:
> you opened your mail server to the Internet. It listens on port 25 on
> a globally accessible network. In your analogy, this is the equivalent
> of hanging a sign on your door saying "Please Come In."
>
> Ian Gulliver
> ORBZ
The analogy is not flawed. A house is on a public street. A mail server is on
a public network. Just like the house address is listed in the phone book,
the mail server address is listed in the DNS... The similarities go on.
-Eric
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