Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 10:33:22 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status Report on 2.2.6 Giveaway CD's Message-ID: <4.1.19981004103156.042058c0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199810041324.JAA03078@shell.monmouth.com> References: <4.1.19981003222921.04246600@mail.lariat.org>
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At 09:24 AM 10/4/98 -0400, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: >Your average hacker is not going to try to hack a FreeBSD box in a house >connected over a 28.8 either. It's too slow to gain much and too small >to be a problem. The SOHO user's may have more of a problem with ISDN >but they're rarely on 24x7. The cable modem folks may be at more risk. They are! I have already closed security holes for a group of cable modem users who were being attacked. Speed, however, is not the issue. It doesn't take much bandwidth to send a 2K-byte exploit. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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