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Re: [cobalt-security] OT: Are computers with 192.168.x.x safe from Internet?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] OT: Are computers with 192.168.x.x safe from Internet?
- From: "MikeM" <MyRaQ@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 09:12:13 -0400
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On 6/4/01 at 9:40 PM jwk at Zone Alpha wrote:
| O.K, it seems that I will have to go with multi-layered system. One
| security expert once told me that the only way to be absolutely secure is
| to simply sever the line!
Well, that is 100% true. In a similar manner, the only way to be absolutely sure your house is burglar-proof is to have no means of entrance or exit.
This is where level of security vs. cost vs. acceptance of risk vs. hassle of working within security constraints come into play.
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