On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 17:03 +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > > Don't turn off the firewall. > > etc... > > > Depends on what your network configuration is. If you are sitting behind > > an ethernet ADSL router, you're probably OK, since those usually come > > with a firewell and NAT built-in. If you don't have one of those, you > > would be wise to firewall all the systems that are in direct contact > > with the Internet. IMHO making an unfirewalled box directly accessibly > > from the internet is an accident waiting to happen. > > > > If you cannot set up a firewall, at least disable all unneeded > > services. E.g. disable sendmail if you don't need it. That will minimize > > the chances of your boxen being h4x0r3d. :-) > > Roland and Bob > > I have glass fiber (100 MB/sec) that comes through one router which is not a > NAT and has no firewall built in. I have been told that this is one hop from > the backbone. I have attached the glass fiber to a modem, which gives me > eight 10 MB/sec ethernet outlets. The modem is dumb and contains no firewall. > That puts my computer two unprotected hops from the backbone (if I understand > this correctly). > > One could say that I am exposed, without risking great exaggeration. But that > doesn't matter, because there is really nothing on the machine. I am only > using it to learn on.
Hate to be the one to break it to you but YOUR privacy is probably the least important concern (though I mean no offence by this statement). If you have this kind of connectivity, I'd be more concerned with what a potential attacker could do to OTHERS using YOUR compromised host. Also, you should be picking up on the potential legal ramifications suggested by this... > > What does IMHO mean? In My Humble Opinion. > > What does h4x0r3d mean? It's script-kiddie jargon for "hacked" (i.e. compromised, in more polite terms). G _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
