[asterisk-users] Call Termination Provider Madness

[Eric Wieling]

A port is not a door if there is nothing listening on the port.

Open ports are not a security issue.  Stuff running on open ports are.

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Alvarez
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:44 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Call Termination Provider Madness

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu> wrote:


	I'm speaking of surface area. Ask any general if he would rather have
	to defend a 1000 mile front or a 1 mile front. You are right that an
	open port is an open port, but trying keeping the crowd out of 10000
	doors is *much* harder than trying to keep them out of 100 doors.
	


Your trite comparison is irrelevant in this context.  You are not "protecting" your 100 ports any more or less than 1000 or 10,000.  But do as you will, I'll agree to disagree.

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Carlos Alvarez
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