Re: Inet security

2007-07-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 11:05:26AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote in Article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to > gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:08:39PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > >> I saw this on usenet and wonder about the validity of this stat

Re: Inet security

2007-07-08 Thread Paul Johnson
Andrew Sackville-West wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:08:39PM -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 expor

Re: Inet security

2007-07-08 Thread Paul Johnson
Mike McClain wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > 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...' >

Re: Inet security

2007-06-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:08:39PM -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 e

Re: Inet security

2007-06-14 Thread Magnus Therning
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

Inet security

2007-06-13 Thread Mike McClain
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 hardwa