[SunRescue] Finally got DSL

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

hmm. i don't consider myself exactly a security guru, but i believe 
(that's the scary word!) that my systems are well locked up, while 
providing standard internet services to others (web, smtp, ftp, 
etc)

anybody on the list here who'd like to bang on my little sparc 20 
running solaris 7, and see if you can break in or make it crash, 
please do so. I am genuinely interested in whether my little server 
is reasonably secure.

klaatu.anastrophe.com, 216.174.195.155. have at it!

Just to make things official, this 'offer' is open until 12:02am 
PST 02jan00, about 27 hours from now. after that, i'd say further 
attempt then become open to being interpreted as malicious...


At 05:48 PM 1/1/01, Ken Hansen wrote:
>I see your point, but I would say that putting a firewall on a 
>commodity OS
>is more like putting a lock on a door, but the hinges are on the 
>outside of
>the door (accessible to anyone) with a note indicating where the 
>local
>hardware store is. 8^(
>
>Now internal/in-house routers are another story entirely...
>
>To confuse hackers, I'd put firewall software on a Win3.1 system - 
>how many
>scriptjockys were using computers *that long ago*? Security by 
>obscurity...
>
>Ken
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Nicewonger" <twmaster at twmaster.com>
>To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Finally got DSL
>
>
> > > I don't like the concept of Checkpoint.  I find it kind of 
> silly putting
> > > a firewall software onto a machine with an OS (like NT or 
> Solaris).
> > > Call me paranoid, but isn't that like putting a lock on a 
> door, but
> > > leaving the key in it?
>
>
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Paul Theodoropoulos   paul at anastrophe.com
Senior Unix Systems Administrator
http://www.anastrophe.com