On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 09:32:12PM +0000, Moritz Maxeiner via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Thursday, 27 July 2017 at 20:48:51 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: [...] > > If someone malicious has root access to your server, you already > > have much bigger things to worry about than D services hanging. :-D > > That depends on how valuable you are as a target, how hard it was to > gain root access, and what the attacker's intentions are. If you are > a high value target for which root access was hard to get, the > attacker is unlikely to risk detection by doing things that someone > (or an IDS) will categorize as an attack; the attacker is much more > likely to try and subvert the system without being detected; see for > example how Stuxnet was used to slowly damage centrifuge machines.
Yes, and therefore "you already have much bigger things to worry about than D services hanging". That you're ignorant of the compromise does not negate the fact that you do have bigger things to worry about, you're just blissfully unaware of them. :-P Until the good stuff hits the proverbial fan, of course. T -- Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I understand. -- Benjamin Franklin
