Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 10:59:00 -0500 From: Drew Raines <drew-dated-1022687941.740e4b@rain3s.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: internal hosts in email Message-ID: <20020515155900.GA16671@williams.mc.vanderbilt.edu> In-Reply-To: <3CE2811F.9325CAA7@centtech.com> References: <3CE2702A.A67642FE@centtech.com> <20020515150303.GU16671@williams.mc.vanderbilt.edu> <3CE27B5F.EB6D7F4F@centtech.com> <20020515152446.GW16671@williams.mc.vanderbilt.edu> <3CE2811F.9325CAA7@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > > Security is something that takes place throughout the network, not > just on the firewall (firewalls in my case). Are you saying it's > perfectly safe to bleed internal host information out to the world? > What about simply removing the IP addresses, and leaving the > hostnames in? You're missing the forest for the trees. Why hide information which is only useful once your firewall is compromised? Why hide information which is trivially learned once your firewall is compromised? Why hide relatively harmless infor- mation which could be useful? Use your energy on something more productive. -- Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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