On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Jack Bowling wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Richard Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 24 Sep
> 2001 12:56:46 -0400
>
>
> <snip>
> > To start Firestarter automatically on login .
> > Should the firewall be started before or after log in ?
> > And if so how do i do that ?
> > I read that after or before dosent make much difference since the time
> > where the machine is actually " open " is very small.
> > Any comments ?
> <snip>
>
> Note that as reported here, some Windows servers are getting hit by the Nimda
> worm at the rate of hundreds if not thousands of times/second. Assuming that it
> is only a matter of time until a linux variant worm shows up, it will eventually
> become sheer hubris to not have your firewall up before your network interfaces
> are initialized.
I think that a very broad assumption, Jack. There were not any Linux
variants of Code Red, Code Blue, Sircam or Magistr, which are the 4 virii
that this new nimda takes after.
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