> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plug] What Linux CDs to have available?
>
>
> "Ian C. Sison" wrote:
> >
> > Note that in a recent experiment, a redhat 6.2 stock was
> installed and
> > connected to the net. In less than 72 hours it was compromised.
> >
> > THe average lifespan of a RH 6.2 box is less than 72 hours
> when connected
> > to the net. Beware.
> >
> Aha! Another Honeynet enthusiast! But then, IMHO since most of PLUG's
> population are network-centric rather than application-centric, that
> should come as no surprise.
>
> Another tidbit. It took 15 minutes tops for a system to be scanned,
> probed, and exploited upon connecting to the Internet. Yet this was in
> 1999!
> Imagine what tools the crackpots have these days?
Another tidbit too, two days ago, RaFa defaced 700 sites in 1 minute. This
is the new record. Last was 468 something.
-onie
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