-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-01-29 at 12:03 -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Monday 29 January 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The server is running Suse 9.2.
I hope it is not exposed, that is no longer maintained.
Carlos, a linux install does not become instantly vulnerable because it falls from maintenance. I know of many places running backlevel servers, which have so few ports open that they are quite safe.
Of course, I know that.
By exposed, I suppose you mean not behind a firewall or a router.
I mean not exposed to internet (sp. as a server), or acting as a server in an environment where it could be attacked. It is chancy: a very secure system might be sucesfully atacked, and an old one, unmantained, may stay intact for years.
My general theory is that a linux machine used by humans at the keyboard is 500 time more likely to be hacked than one uses solely as a server or firewall/router. Of course I can't prove this with numbers since the last machine of mine that was rooted was RedHat 5.2 while it was STILL under maintenance.
Reminds me... a friend just phoned to tell me there is a price (10000Eur?) for somebody breaking Vista. But I'm no "cracker", no idea what to search for, so... no price for me. :-p - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFvo0vtTMYHG2NR9URAoeyAJ4nclRdPPei6WXQdv3CqtWxz6MIpQCfePGv X2nT5rsiPtgqFILnu2TTJOc= =dz41 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org