Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 17:33:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Chet Hosey <chosey@nidhog.com> To: Brian <wrath@shianet.org> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Chasing the kiddies (still) (was: Named Keep crashing) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104041732550.49350-100000@web1.nidhog.com> In-Reply-To: <005001c0bd4e$8ee7f980$0201a8c0@fear.wrath.net>
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From: "Drew J. Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
I _thought_ something was amiss . . . anyone know of any UNIX-based MTAs
which call themselves "Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)"?
How about Windows-based ones? :)
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Chet Hosey
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Brian wrote:
> RE: Chasing the kiddies (was: Named Keep crashing)<flame>
> HTML sucks
> </endflame>
>
> Hey, that's a great idea. But how are you going to tell them about that
> service? Security via obscurity? Yeah, that's like leaving your family
> photo album open on your desk and expecting no one to look at them because
> you didn't tell the people that the pictures were on your desk.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, a machine on the _internet_ is fair game. By being
> fair, I ask that someone can look. They can look, but by no means can they
> try to breach security. Otherwise, why the hell are you on the internet?
>
> I have a funny feeling you use Windows, and as a 32bit Windows advocate I'm
> beginning to wonder. I have another feeling that I now know why Windows
> gets a bad rap. If you do use Windows, I suggest you go hunting through
> Microsoft's pages and ntsecurity.net.
>
>
> One of my friends once said that you should be sanctioned bandwidth by the
> amount of intelligence you have. In other words, stupid people sit on 56k
> modems. I take it one step further, people who can't secure their machines
> shouldn't be given static IP addresses. In other words, if you've got an
> NT4 machine and still sit on Service Pack 3, you should be banned to DHCP
> with no lease for the rest of your life.
>
> -Brian
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Drew J. Weaver
> To: 'Robert Hough' ; FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 5:17 PM
> Subject: RE: Chasing the kiddies (was: Named Keep crashing)
>
> Because if I wanted you using a service on one of my boxes you'd know about
> it already, and wouldn't need to port scan my servers.
> -Drew
>
> <snip>
>
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