On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 09:22, Ben Sewell wrote:
>
> Well personally I would still do it. There is nothing dangerous on my linuz
> box. The sole purpose of the linux box is to be a webserver. Eg, the only
> thing they could hack is just my website so in theory there is nothing I
> need.
Whoa!
IMNSHO this the wrong attitude. The danger of a box being broken into is not only the data and the possible defacing of your web site but the fact that a hijacked box can be, and often is, used to launch attacks on on other machines that are then all but untracable back to the bad guys but instead point to you.
Hear, hear!
To Ben Sewell: please remember this later on in life. You are part of the Internet community, as you will be part of many communities, and really you do have an obligation to try to see that others in your community are not harmed by things you do... or things that you neglect to do.
If you are going to put FP extensions on your server, may I suggest that you _not_ allow access to it from the Internet? Those things really are kiddy pie for crackers.
Good luck on your project, and don't get hacked!
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