[Fedora] Seeing input on Securing the Linux system from intrusions and attacks.

[John Summerfield]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Tom Horsley wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:35:07 +0800
>> Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You forgot one very important item.
>>>
>>> Whatever you do, don't be paranoid...unless someone is really out to get you.
>> All you need to do is leave an unsecured box hooked up to the internet
>> for 5 or 10 minutes to discover that someone really is out to get you :-).
> 
> It was more than a year ago when I attempted to install a Windows 2000
> system directly connected to the internet.  In fact, before the system was
> fully updated with security patches it had been compromised.  I didn't time
> it, but it certainly was less than 30 minutes.

Some years ago Thom Paine had a similar experience with Windows Server 
2003 SBS. He installed it, left it overnight. When he returned, he was 
told it had been infected and was being a pest.

He reinstalled, and before he'd got updates downloaded & applied it was 
infected again.



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John

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