Even you can be hacked

Thu Jun 10 18:23:23 UTC 2004

On Jun 10, 2004, at 2:06 PM, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:

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> Jeff Shultz wrote:
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>> But ultimately, _you_ are responsible for your own systems.
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> Even if the water company is sending me 85% TriChlorEthane?
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> Right.  Got it.  The victim is always responsible.
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> There you have it folks.

The "victim" in the case Sean posted knew he had a worm, got some of 
his first bill forgiven, yet did nothing to correct it and acts 
surprised when the same thing happens the next month.  YES, he is at 
fault.  Anyone who thinks differently .. uh .. can I buy b/w from you? 
:)  Oh, and since you feel responsible, I'm only going to pay for the 
amount of traffic I think I should have gotten on my web page, even if 
I get /.'ed or something.  Does $25/Mbps sound good?  I plan to use 
about 1 Mbps, but I will need an un-rate-limited GigE connection.

Back on topic, most users get upset when you do things like block ports 
because it breaks random crap they want to use.  If you want something 
open, then you are responsible for what crawls through.

If you want the b/w provider to protect you, then ask them.  Just be 
prepared to pay, because b/w prices these days do not include security 
services.

OTOH, as a good netizen, the upstream might want to cut off those users 
spewing to the rest of the 'Net. :)

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TTFN,
patrick