Subj : DS-Lite
To   : Joe Delahaye
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Mon Aug 14 2017 09:17:00

Good ${greeting_time}, Joe!

13 Aug 2017 10:02:50, you wrote to Richard Menedetter:

 RM>> BTW you are very courageous anyhow by putting a Windows box on the
 RM>> Internet.
 JD> Why?  As long as you properly firewal it, etc, there should be no
 JD> problem.

When you have to "properly firewall" something, you're very likely going some wrong way.

 JD> Besides, most attempted intrusions here are using NIX commands,
 JD> or looking for NIX directories, which of course do not exist.

I guess you mean attempts of command injection through HTTP requests. If so, your observations show the popularity of GNU/Linux-based systems amongst the internet servers, and nothing else.

AOT: regargless of network level protocols used to access them.

 JD> I did see at least one attmept to get into my router, which did
 JD> not succeed.

Just don't let it get connections from outside (except SSH for management). Removing unnecessary services would be a good start.


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