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Article #811Re: Security caveat used by network service providers
From: CJohn Mace
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:00
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:00
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In article <92349.095305HANK@BARILVM.BITNET> Hank Nussbacher <HANK@BARILVM.BITNET> writes: >I am looking for examples of a 'security caveat' used by commercial >service providers (or regionals) that warn users that the "Internet >is not safe, and there is no guarantee that their data will not be >intercepted, or ..." Can those of you who have such 'Internet security >warnings' send them to me? Just out of curiosity... how can someone "intercept" data on internet if you set up a router and the data never leaves your LAN? You are more likely to be "hacked on" on the internet than actual data theft. But this can be dealt with in a number of ways... A good router or a firewall can prevent most of this rif-raf. > >Thanks, >Hank Nussbacher >hank@vm.tau.ac.il just some thoughts, cjohn mace
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,alt.internet.services Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!news.dell.com!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!noc.msc.net!uc.msc.edu!apctrc!wsc!wwnv67!zcjm0f From: zcjm0f@wwnv67.hou.amoco.com (CJohn Mace) Subject: Re: Security caveat used by network service providers Message-ID: <1992Dec14.170037.3332@hou.amoco.com> Sender: news@hou.amoco.com Organization: Amoco Production References: <92349.095305HANK@BARILVM.BITNET> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:00:37 GMT Lines: 21