[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life

Doug Hardie bc979 at lafn.org
Sun May 17 07:20:27 UTC 2020


> On 16 May 2020, at 23:39, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16 May 2020, at 14:18, Doug Hardie <bc979 at lafn.org> wrote:
>> 
>> It only has a connection to an internal LAN. There is no internet connection.
> 
> This is a common mistake. If a computer is connected to a LAN and any device on that LAN is connected to the Internet, exploits can reach your LAN-only device. Is it likely in your case? No, but thinking it is impossible is a dangerous road and one that has led to many serious exploits.

It's a totally internal LAN.

-- Doug



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