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Re: [cobalt-security] Might be off topic. Are computers with 168.192.x.x safe from Internet?



On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, satan wrote:

> What ever you do, If you become the main target of a true hacker, he will break in your system soon or later, You cannot have a 100% securoty seal, but you can surely bring this high enought to be able to sleep at night.
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> Stephen Gilbert
> satan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you're running a linux box that MASQs all packets from the LAN, and
drops all the incoming connections from the internet (both of these with
IPchains) - I believe that it can be said that you're 100% not hackable.

A computer that does not accept connections at all is like a computer
which is not connected to the i-net.

- shimi.