Re: Completely spinning down an EIDE hard drive

[Albert DE WINT <adwint pandora be>]

Op vr 13-06-2003, om 22:40 schreef Rick Stevens:
> Albert DE WINT wrote:
> > 
> > I also tried to get Seti installed on our 2000 PC's LAN in the company
> > were I work.  The management didn't like the idea (these guys are both
> > paranoid and bone-headed).
> 
> No, that's called "due diligence".  We don't allow it either.  Not long
> ago, a major security hole was found in seti, which led to all kinds
> of security breaches.  Opening up your firewall for seti can encourage
> DOS attacks.  Been there, done that.  As a result, we don't allow
> things like that unless they have a direct bearing on our business.
> 
> For your home computer/network, running seti is fine.  For a corporate
> networks, it's a bad idea.

Thanks for the update Rick.

I had no idea about this hole in Seti. I was pretty confident about it,
since some major companies are involved. But from what you tell, I guess
you're right.
> 
> I'm not paranoid...just a realist.


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