OT (and maybe silly): Re: uptime record?
Alexander Dalloz
alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de
Mon Oct 25 16:48:20 UTC 2004
Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb K. Richard Pixley um 18:40:
> a) not all machines are general purpose computers. Some are essentially
> embedded systems performing real time functions like routers, bridges,
> switches, firewalls, dhcp servers, dns servers, ldap servers, etc.
I feel especially those kind of machines should be perfectly safe.
> b) not all machines are connected to the greater internet. Some, while
> performing all the functions of the greater internet, may live behind
> multiple NAT's, multiple firewalls, etc, such that the probability of
> any attack, even denial, reaching them is vanishingly slim.
Many if not most attacks are coming from "inside". It is not only the
"bad outside world - the internet wild life".
> c) not all machines are physical machines on physical networks. :-).
Yes, but depends on too who can get hands on.
> --rich
Alexander
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