On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:57, Staven Bruce wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions Edward and Reuben.
> 
> I should explain a little more and say my server is behind a Cisco PIX
> firewall, and that only port 25 and 80 are open to the outside world. But I
> was thinking that I should have everything locked down tight on the box as
> well, just in case. Am I being paranoid?
> 
> <SNIP>
When it comes to security there is no such thing as paranoid. I have had
systems tightly locked down only to find they have been compromised and
a patch comes out a day later. I always err on the side of caution and
only make those ports that are absolutely necessary available.



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