Your exposure is how much time you spend connected. Cable or dial-up makes little difference. In both cases you should have a firewall. Disabling unneeded servers is a good idea in all cases. Debian 3.0 installs and enables all kinds of insecure services (e.g., SunRPC, portmapper) by default.
Jeffrey Quoting Chip Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm thinking of getting a Cox cable connection/modem, and was wondering > how hard it is to make the static IP address secure. I don't have a lot > of knowledge in this area. What is needed? A cable modem that I could > lease or buy on Ebay, and a network interface card, and turn off all > unneeded services - how easy would it be for someone to hack me, and what > all could they generally accomplish? Is getting a cable connection a > no-no for someone of my limited knowledge level? > > Thank, > > Chip > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
