thanks chris. I will reference the article.
thanks
ann
Forgot to mention, ubuntu server running java apps under tomcat.
ann
Chris Louden wrote:
> There are some commands that you could type at the CLI that will cause
> the system to lock up and or crash. Some could involve a !. One
> doesn't come to mind, but the most famous one I can think of is
> "forkbomb".
>
> :(){:|:&};: this command will tell your system to execute a huge
> number of processes until the system freezes.
>
> So yes there is something you can type that will cause a system to go
> crazy. However that has nothing to do with getting access to the
> system in the first place.
>
> >From the brief description you provided I assume that the President
> gets their idea of what hacking is from watching CSI and the person
> that said this is quite ignorant of Linux. I could be wrong. For me
> the quick obvious take down of the statement this person made is to
> ask "if that was true why does LAMP power so much of the internet?".
> This article focuses on Apache (not Linux "per se") but it makes the
> point
> http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/09/16/microsoft-iis-web-server-market-share-loss/.
> If Linux was so weak it would not have the market share that it does.
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Ann <a...@randrinc.com> wrote:
>
>> One of my customers had someone tell that president that they could easily
>> break into their linux server.
>>
>> Apparently the guy mentioned something about a simple exploit where he could
>> just send an exclamation point and the server would just start regurgitating
>> data.
>>
>> Has anyone heard of such a thing?
>>
>> thanks
>> Ann Richmond
>>
>>
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