"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?
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