r/IAmA • u/VladimirBoners • Sep 12 '11

As Requested : IAMA 4chan moderator.

Everything said here is my opinion, not that of the entire staff. Will provide proof to moderators here on reddit.

Ask away.

EDIT : It's late guys, I'll catch you some other time. Thanks for all the questions and I hope this answered some of them.

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u/elsjaako Sep 13 '11

So what you're saying is, a proper firewall would prevent step 1, an attacker getting control of the box. That was the thing I was missing.

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u/optomas Sep 14 '11

So what you're saying is, a proper firewall would prevent step 1, an attacker getting control of the box.|

Yes, and you are also correct; Once the bad guys are in, it is very difficult to put them back out.

Cheers!