[Dshield] ancient and arcane

[Rick Leir]

Each needs a dedicated restrictive firewall, which could be a RedHat box,
a WRT-54GL, or something expensive.  Am I stating the obvious?
As you say, there are lots of vulnerable systems out there.
cheers -- Rick  leirtech.com

> I'm not comfortable with the answer I've heard in the past, which is
> that most attackers don't have the skills needed to compromise these
> systems. Even if that were the case, many times these platforms are
> used for purposes so critical that the effect compromise would have is
> either incredibly costly or a matter of life and safety in some
> settings (financial, utility, aerospace, medical, etc.)