And make sure you have a reasonable backup (OS regeneration
included) before exposing it to the wild web....
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon
http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> On 2 Jan 2002 jwbirdsa_at_picarefy.com wrote:
>
> > Maybe I can dig up a web server for it. :)
>
> That reminds me of a question. Say I want to set up a webserver on my
> <on-topic machine>. If it runs NetBSD, then great, I can run recent
> versions of all the necessary software with all of the latest security
> fixes. However, if I want/have to run <on-topic software combination>,
> there's a good chance that old vulnerabilities will be available on the
> system. How much would I have to worry about this?
>
> Here are some of my thoughts so far:
>
> * Most exploitation activities may be directed at newer software, leaving
> exploits of the <on-topic software combination> forgotten.
>
> * Isolate the system from everything else, so if it was compromised, there
> would be no need to care.
>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 13:38:46 GMT