Friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
I want to share a funny incident that happened yesterday. A client called me, a bit annoyed, because they received a security report stating that their firewall is not secure.
Their firewall is a perfectly updated #OpenBSD machine, responsible for NAT from the internal LAN to the outside and only allowing an incoming #wireguard connection.
So, I asked them to send me the report. A lot of words were used to say that they detected the use of #Linux 2.6 and thus deemed it insecure.
How they came up with detecting Linux 2.6, I have no idea. I responded - I'll be curious to see their response in turn.
#SecurityReport #ITHumor #ClientInteractions
Stefano Marinelli /
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2023-08-11 20:00:09
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