I will concede the point about intranet servers, though not without pointing out that many intruders are employees or generally supposedly trustworthy subjects.

In the case of a publicly accessible server though, I disagree, even if it's just a personal site for family communication. I remember someone's story whose home machine, hooked up on a cable connection, was hacked. When the box was examined, an SQL server with an email address database that wasn't there before was found - spammers had probably abused the machine as a relay. The rules have changed: a box on a static IP is not a crackworthy target if you have critical data on it - it's a crackworthy target in and of itself. The various honeynet projects offer impressive proof of the fact. Do not make yourself guilty of negligence.

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Re^4: What do people think of the YaBB forum script? by Aristotle
in thread What do people think of the YaBB forum script? by kiat

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