Re: [OT] Hack attempts

[Scot L. Harris]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 12:45, Botond Kardos wrote:
>      (Sorry, I missed the original post, that's why I reply
> here.)
>  
>  
>  > I have seen reports that indicate a brand new Windows
>  > box connected directly to the Internet will be infected
>  > within 10 minutes.
>  
>     OFF topic here, but might be interesting:
>     mine was infected in about 1 minute when I started experimenting with
>  DMZ, and a colleague of mine reported 4 minutes. :)
>   
I was being conservative in giving it 10 minutes.  :)

Your results are similar to reports I had heard as well.  Luckily I have
not witnessed such first hand (that I know of).

And yes, it is interesting.  Hard to believe just how hostile an
environment the Internet has become.
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Scot L. Harris
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