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[Geoffrey]

John Poltorak wrote:
> On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:25:18AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>John Poltorak wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 09:51:42AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>Note, your statement was absolute, not 'very little.'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Where was this 'absolute' statement?
>>>
>>How about the statement below?  'AFAIAC my system is immune..'
>>
> 
> What's wrong with that?

You asked for a pointer to the absolute statement, 'my system is immune' 
is pretty bloody absolute.


> OK you have provided a single instance of an OS/2 exploit, which doesn't 
> apply to me anyway. I have no reason to lose any sleep over getting hacked.

Don't lose sleep.  I provided one example to answer your question.  I'm 
not going to do all your research.  You asked, so I provided an example. 
  Don't expect that the single example I provide is the only OS/2 
exploit that exists.

> 
> What concerns me is the possible increase in levels of traffic which might 
> impact on my system thereby slowing it down, if some hacker discovers some 
> available ports and puts a lot of effort into breaking through. I do not 
> have any concerns  about actually being hacked.

A firewall is not going to elliminate the traffic, just stop it from 
getting beyond the firewall.  Ultimately, you network connectivity is 
affected regardless of whether you have a firewall or not.

>
>>>BTW what do you mean by IDS?
>>>
>>Intrusion detection system.
>>
> 
> OK, what's an Intrusion detection system?

A firewall stops folks from getting in.  An IDS screams at you when 
someone tries to get in, or does get in.

> 
> What exactly is considered to be an intrusion?

Tripwire, PortSentry, Swatch, snort

> 
> How can you tell if your ids hasn't worked?

You're hacked...

> 
> 
>>-- 
>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net
>>
> 


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?