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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: "'cygwin'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: ssh become slower and slower?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:19:32 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Jacek Trzmiel
> Sent: 15 June 2004 21:40

> Dave Korn wrote:
> >   <boggle>You're telling someone to go online and test 
> their ssh client's
> > connection with their firewall and antivirus down?</boggle>
> >
> >   Is this some kind of really mean practical joke?
> 
> - He can test it on lan while not connected to inet.
> - He can have firewall on separate machine (gateway).
> - Even without any fw/av, with all security patches applied, there is
> small chance of catching anything during short test.
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> Jacek.


  Fair points.  Except for #3, which I really wouldn't want to rely on for a
moment.  After all, it's often the case that when a new worm breaks out,
most machines are up-to-date (with the patches that existed up until that
point) and there's a mad scramble to get a new patch out.  One packet can be
all it takes.  I would never expose a naked machine to the internet for any
time at all unless I *wanted* it to get something nasty!


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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