Re: Re: Setting up H323 IP telephony etc - was Re: [fw-wiz] Apple's iSight and Firewalls

[Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:

> Y'know, I think I must just be "retro" but I think there's no how, no way
> that netmeeting has any business entering or exiting a mission-critical
> network. I.e..: if it's worth firewalling, it's best to not allow this kind of

I've always found it odd that people who'd have to get off their butts and 
go to a conference room to have an in-person meeting have so many issues 
with getting off their butts and going to a PC that's allowed to do 
"unsafe" stuff...

> Sorry - I'm feeling extremely curmudgeonly today. In my inbox I had
> *5* reports of mission-critical networks that were taken down by
> various worms in the last week. Why's that? On the surface, the
> answer is "RPC bug" but the REAL answer is "people should not
> be connecting mission-critical networks to the Internet - even with
> firewalls."   A small handful of us have been singing this song quietly
> in the corner for about 12 years, now. Is anyone going to ever "get it"??

Nope, that's why it's a drinking song.  I need a Guinness.

Paul
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