Safe, so far. I’ve managed over the years to keep my home firewall machine safe from the outside world, but my server has been rooted twice, and one machine that I sysadmin as a volunteer as been rooted once in the past four years. It pays to stay on top of things… Nice job by this user.. Good Gravy, That was Quick!. Eventually, I hope to don the mantle of sysadmin, when I host my own domain and Web server at the end of my DSL line. Naturally, security is important to me; I don’t want my box to be the one that is used to spray the net with crap, so I’ve been moving slowly, making sure I understand everything I intend to put on the wire. I knew the Internet had become a less friendly place, populated by more and more jerks, but until tonight, I had no idea just how supremely virulent some of them were. [kuro5hin.org]
Safe, so far. I’ve managed
