On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:10:29 +0530 Sohel Shaheen Mallik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One way that hackers can break into a website is by hunting for private > pages that contain the usernames and passwords required to access secure > parts of the site. These pages are usually hidden from the casual > browser because there are no hyperlinks to them on the web. > So lets blame google instead of the webmaster who was too lazy to install a robots.txt file? I have those set up even for pages that *do* have hyperlinks. That's like that lawsuit about a year ago where someone claimed a reporter had "hacked" their website because he was able to guess the URL and type it in. Try http://www.stupiduser.com/admin.php and see how often you can get into the admin pages for a site. I stumbled on this one trying to profile a spammer's site. (not literally stupiduser) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
