John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
There are hardly any scenarios where one could give any other advise but to upgrade from an old/unsupported version to a newer/supported version.
9.1 might be "better" for you, but unless your system is not connected to any network (including internet dialup) staying on an unsupported system simply isn't a good idea.
Says who?
Linux isn't exactly Windows which can be hacked by 12 year olds riding bikes thru your neighborhood.
Even if you are connected to the net 24/7, with no ports or services open you are not any more at risk than with a current distro.
With an Iptables firewall you can even open essential services that you need and be quite safe on line.
Maybe the CIA can hack their way into a machine with no ports open. But the script kiddies can't. And the CIA is not even vaguely interested in me.
I think you are spreading FUD.
FWIW, my firewall is SUSE 10.0. It's up continuously and always on the "net". No problems so far. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org