On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 23:08:39 -0700, Mike McClain wrote: >I saw this on usenet and wonder about the validity of this statement. > >'Seriously any system is as secure as the services you export, if you >have nothing listening that can do you harm you are secure...' > >Disregarding email exploits and exploits through your browser is this >true? Assume the hardware is inviolate. >Thoughts?
I'd argue you are secure if you have no services listening on any ports. However, there's always the possibility of problems in the kernel and its networking stack. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://therning.org/magnus
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