[fpc-devel] Re: Last message about changes (guaranteed!)

[Sven Barth]

On 29.09.2012 16:41, Cephas Atheos wrote:
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> On 29/09/12 10:19 PM, "Jonas Maebe" <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:
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>> However, if the server were hacked that would probably not be enough. On
>> the other hand, it probably wouldn't be enough either in case a forum
>> server were hacked.
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> Actually, that's a good point - with so much more control and comms
> options, a hacker could conceivably do more damage to a forum than to a
> listserver! I guess that's the same as saying I could do more damage with
> a baseball bat than with a twig :)
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> Given the same constraints and variables, a forum server is just as
> difficult to hack as the same listserver. And unless the admin login is
> encrypted, remote access theoretically gives more opportunity to gather
> plaintext logins. Mind you, so far there's been little evidence of hacker
> email account access via this method, despite hundreds of millions of
> mobile webmail users. But then, it's just a matter of time before that
> happens! (I have very low opinions of hackers (speaking as an ex-member),
> but much higher opinions of their persistence).
>
> These are all areas that need discussion, security-wise.

Can it be that you somehow answered to the wrong mail? This mail was 
added to a message in fpc-devel, but you originally wrote your mail to 
fpc-other...

Regards,
Sven