-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Open ports with software you can talk to on the other end will always pose a security risk. There's no doubt of that. However, Linux inherently offers fewer risks in terms of privelage escalation, and I have never heard of any security issues arising from the use of software such as Icecast that haven't been promptly fixed. I'm not sure I can say the same for the Windows based streaming servers but I may be wrong.
Basically: You're always at risk. But Linux offers many options to minimise that risk and limit the impacts of even serious security flaws in products, most of which are inherently present, where Windows does not. XP particularly because it's not even being supported with new security updates right now (as far as I know - I believe it end-of-lifed back in April?) Cheers, James Harrison On 18/11/2011 13:54, Alan Peterson wrote: > Hello all. I was recently crowing about the benefits of RD to the participants of the PART15.US website, for low-power legal Part 15 broadcasters. The thread began with a discussion over the SAM automation program, WINamp and streaming. > > One participant asked me the following, and I don't do enough streaming to satisfactorily or accurately answer him: > > ---------------------------- >>>> Recently we have become informed that streaming from our home IP address opens us to easy security intrusions. I add my own projection to this warning, as I leap to the probability that part of the insecurity relates to being a Windows XP OS. >>>> Does home streaming with Linux OS and Rivendell increase the security?<<< > ---------------------------- > > Can someone here offer up some information I may share with this gentleman and the rest of his forum? > > -Al P. > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7Gau0ACgkQmJV2s0zjsDj8NwCfTB2q2iBhRtHTRi6zaJPkVpsE OOkAmwcINhgyOM0yYsMM8SPcheZCvqz6 =7rif -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
