Re: Routers

[James Eaton-Lee <james.mailing () gmail com>]

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 21:58 +0100, Martin Wehlou wrote:
> On 27 Nov 2005, at 21:41, Blue Boar wrote:
>
> > Martin Wehlou wrote:
> > > Except... that app that is doing it may not actually be one you   
> > > wanted to have. IOW, trojans now can control your firewall. Oops.
> >
> > If your box is already owned, what difference does it make if it  
> > punches holes in the firewall?
>
> That's an interesting type of argument. It certainly simplifies  
> thinking about security quite a bit. Gosh, all that time we've wasted  
> for nothing.

What're you talking about? No-one would want to break into one system
and use that to break into or alter others! Don't be silly! :P

(</sarcasm>)

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