From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 22:46:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A83C16A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:46:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4A843D1D for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:46:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 7D40511E8F2; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:46:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:46:25 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041113224625.GD60526@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041113211237.GA54907@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200411131345.07795.kstewart@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411131345.07795.kstewart@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Why use a firewall with dialup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:46:26 -0000 On Sat, Nov 13, 2004, Kent Stewart wrote: >On Saturday 13 November 2004 01:12 pm, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >> I've been using one for some time, but now that I have a mini network, it >> has become a bit of a hassle updating the rules. >> >> If I disable all services but ssh, stay STABLE, and do not have a broadband >> connection, what danger is there? >> > >The script kiddies don't target broadband. They step through IP blocks. You >are just as much at risk with dialup as you are with broadband. The only >difference is the time of exposure. The only time I've ever had a Linux box cracked was when I was using my laptop with a Ricochet wireless modem. I hadn't hardened the laptop because I was lazy, and it had never been out in the wild before, living on our internal LAN behind our firewalls and NAT. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``We maintain that the very foundation of our way of life is what we call free enterprise,'' said Cash McCall, ``but when one of our citizens show enough free enterprise to pile up a little of that profit, we do our best to make him feel that he ought to be ashamed of himself.'' -- Cameron Hawley