I don't know if it's already been stated, but a follow up to Ted's email: http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/26967-1.html
"The average survival time for an unprotected networked computer dropped from 40 minutes to 20 minutes over the last year, according to the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md." http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2005/07/pr_uk_midyearrou ndup2005.html "There is now a 50% chance of being infected by an internet worm in just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC." I'd heard similar things too, from corporate articles on the intranet, probably reprinted with permission from the same outfits listed above. Best regards, Gary Diehl --- "Ted MacNEIL" < > wrote in message news > A security firm, here in Canada, once stated the time between when you plug your new PC into the INTERNET and some malicious thing is attempted against it is less than 5 minutes. When I got a new one, last March, I didn't plug it in until I had Security Centre up and configured the way I wanted it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
