Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb K. Richard Pixley um 18:40: > a) not all machines are general purpose computers. Some are essentially > embedded systems performing real time functions like routers, bridges, > switches, firewalls, dhcp servers, dns servers, ldap servers, etc. I feel especially those kind of machines should be perfectly safe. > b) not all machines are connected to the greater internet. Some, while > performing all the functions of the greater internet, may live behind > multiple NAT's, multiple firewalls, etc, such that the probability of > any attack, even denial, reaching them is vanishingly slim. Many if not most attacks are coming from "inside". It is not only the "bad outside world - the internet wild life". > c) not all machines are physical machines on physical networks. :-). Yes, but depends on too who can get hands on. > --rich Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 18:45:33 up 5 days, 15:25, load average: 0.23, 0.24, 0.44
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