On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 11:41 +1000, Ian wrote: > > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > >On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 18:53, Ian Harris wrote: > > > > > >>On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 01:46 pm, Scot L. Harris wrote: > >> > >> snip > Excellent advice. I don't have any servers or a network though, my PC is > just a home PC connected directly to the net. > At one stage I had a home network set up with Smoothwall on a dedicated > PC, which had snort enabled. I used to check the logs occasionally, and > I was always gobsmacked at how many attempts to hack the box were > recorded. Hundreds a day sometimes. > Cheers, Ian > I beg to differ with you. Your home PC attached to the net IS on a network and IS a server. The complete list of services you have enabled is optional but by default some are (assuming Linux of course), and thus tools for protection are needed. I get attacks on httpd and on sshd (the only ports I allow remote connection to) regularly in a similar scenario. Different types and styles of networking have differing requirements but even a single home PC needs some form of protection (unless it is stand-alone and never connects to ANY network - a rarity indeed nowdays).
