A port is not a door if there is nothing listening on the port. Open ports are not a security issue. Stuff running on open ports are.
-----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Alvarez Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:44 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Call Termination Provider Madness On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Chris Nighswonger <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> wrote: I'm speaking of surface area. Ask any general if he would rather have to defend a 1000 mile front or a 1 mile front. You are right that an open port is an open port, but trying keeping the crowd out of 10000 doors is *much* harder than trying to keep them out of 100 doors. Your trite comparison is irrelevant in this context. You are not "protecting" your 100 ports any more or less than 1000 or 10,000. But do as you will, I'll agree to disagree. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
