[Cialug] DMZ, router's firewall and web server's security...

[Lee]

Yes, the question is meant to say are you a financial institution 
(Sophisticated attack expected)? Or are you Joes Home Page (Automated 
port scans)? But I agree, you can't take security for granted.

Jeff Davis wrote:

>I think Lee was asking if the person had or expected
>a direct attack, not of the script kiddie / worm variety.
>You'll need to take more extraordinary steps if someone
>is making a determined attempt to penetrate your network.
>
>You're right though and everyone should be aware that
>if you have a computer on the internet (even a dial up)
>you *will* get attacked.
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>Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 14:13 -0600, Lee wrote:
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>>>Are you already a target?
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>>The answer to this is always yes.  A large portion of attacks these days
>>are completely automated, and don't really care whether you are the NSA,
>>Citibank, or Grandma Jones downloading digital pictures of the
>>grandkids.  A computer attached to the Internet will be attacked sooner
>>or later (and most likely sooner).
>>
>>Jeff
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