2011-04-22
Sharing Has Its Limits
As much as I like to help keep costs down by using torrents when getting Linux distributions, the Ultimate Boot CD, Eclipse, OpenOffice.org, and now LibreOffice, it really hurts that others seem to think that my openness and sharing extends to my entire network. I have logs full of people getting blocked from my network because they just couldn't help but see if they could access SSH, FTP, POP, IMAP, and a number of other ports you might find interesting if you were a hacker. There's no 3 strikes rule on my network. If you attempt to access anything I haven't specifically granted, you're out. No jury. No appeal.