[rescue] Oh no! This poor Origin server.....

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Fri Apr 2 12:25:07 CST 2004


On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:01:51PM -0500, Linc Fessenden wrote:

> Yup, I have seen kernel patches and such come and go as well.  Ans to be
> fair, I have seen a few warnings about this-or-that root exploits
> available, BUT, the VAST majority of these problems occur with someone who
> has an account on the box, and nobody has accounts on my machines that are
> connected to the net.  They are on the net to offer up internet services
> and not for someone to log into and play on.  I have workstations behind
> my firewalls for that sort of thing :-)

At home I have dialup.  So, my colocated machine is my home away from
home.  Still, I'm the only one who ssh's into it.  The other users are
web or webmail only.



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