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From: NoneSuch
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00

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I don't really disagree with most of what you wrote, but I'm afraid that
you are responding out of context.  NASA didn't run their web server on
a Windows 95 machine.  

Don't get me wrong, I use a firewall, with NAT.  I have a Windows 2000
machine (vulnerabilities unknown), an AIX machine (relatively secure),
and an SGI Indy (somewhat less secure).  I wouldn't put those directly
on the Internet - that would be unwise.

On the other hand, I really don't think that anyone can 'get into' a
Windows 95 machine just sitting on the network - the OS doesn't have
a mechanism to let that happen (no shell, no remote access).

Are there *other* risks?  Of course.  I did not want to imply otherwise.

None

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 07:28:21 -0800, Rich ''Doc'' Colley <doc@ecom.net> wrote:
>"no way" - well lets think about that. 
>I am sure that NASA did not have "file and print sharing" 
>active on their servers when they
>were hacked earlier this year.

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