On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:31 AM, W. Martinjak <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 2014-03-03 14:17, Mark Wendt wrote: > > Every web server uses ports and sockets that are open to the world if > > placed on a network, which is the obvious point in running a web server. > > There are various ways of attacking those ports and sockets to gain > access > > to the underlying system. It doesn't matter what it's coded in, though > in > > some cases, with poor coding, it may be less secure. > > > > Telnet is not a remote shell. Telnet is a network application the > > transmits and receives IP packets in clear text and connects to a network > > service on a remote host. You can telnet to any open port on a remote > > machine, and "talk" to that port. > > > > > > Yes, networking is the worst thing in this evil world. > What you said is your job? > It sounds like a cleaner grouching over the dirtiness. > > Warning is ok, but this is creating scare. > > matsche > No, networking is not the worst thing in the world. Please don't engage in hyperbole. I'm talking about stuff that I deal with on a day-to-day basis. If you want to run the risk, that's fine with me. It's your machine, do what you wish with it. My machine controller is just that. A machine controller. Not a web server, not a mail server, not a internet browsing machine, just a machine controller. My CAD software, my email client, my web browser, my chat client and everything else resides on a different machine. This one, the one I'm typing this post. If you want to run all that stuff on your machine controller, and are ready to accept the risks inherent in doing that, then go right ahead. I'm just offering my opinion based on years of network and system administration experience. At work, we don't even combine web and mail servers. Each does it's own thing, and each is locked down to the minimum necessary for those individual services that need to run in order for the machine to function in it's role. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
