On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 09:46, gabriel wrote: > On January 28, 2003 10:38 am, Bret Hughes wrote: > > I suspect that linux system vulnerabilities don't get the press is that > > there are not as many of them out there and that the average linux > > user/admin is WAY more cognizant of what is running on his box and as a > > result more apt to keep up with the updates. RHN and the like are tools > > that should help keep systems updated and massive attacks like this on > > the linux platform to a minimum. > > one might also consider the lack of good firewalling in a lot of office > networks. users often think that since they're behind this magical firewall, > they don't need to update their software. but since these firewalls are all > too often built allowing internal machines unhindered access to the world > (rather than filtering what gets forwared BOTH ways) stuff like this more > possible. >
A very good point. how many machines need to be able to access a sql server outside the corporate network anyway? My guess is very few. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
