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Re: [suse-security] SuSE 8.0 no ftp installation possible ? NFS is insecure.
  • From: Ken Schneider <kschneider@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 16:04:08 -0400
  • Message-id: <3CD19BB8.E5B067E1@xxxxxxxx>
John Trickey wrote:
>
> Thinking you're safe behind a firewall is a fools paradise. At the end
> of the day, you, the sysadmin have to weigh the risks but remember
> Murphy's law - if anything can happen, it will when you least want it
> to.
>

If you can't trust your private network you have more serious problems
that doing an install or upgrade across the lan (as in LOCAL area
network).

--
Ken Schneider
Senior UNIX Administrator
Network Administrator

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