On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 07:23, Job Evers wrote: > My college sent me an email warning: > > There have been many recent break-ins to university Solaris and Linux > systems, including ones for which the administrator puts a lot of effort > into security. We have recently seen an increase in successful attacks > of this nature. > > Stanford is one affected university, and they've composed a detailed web > page, > http://securecomputing.stanford.edu/alerts/multiple-unix-6apr2004.html > > > > So, honestly, how worried should one be about this? > > Also, in the never ending Linux vs. Windows security argument how do vulnerabilities > like this come in?
*NIX security is vastly different than Windows security. It takes quite a bit more "thinking" and planning to bust into any type of *NIX box whereas it takes only the right program to break up a Windows box (or network); mind you, though, that once a *NIX network (or box) or busted, it's easy enough for the perp to get wherever they want - with the exception of localised *NIX boxes where they then have to repeat the process they began with on the first of the boxes. IT CAN BE DONE, but requires an awful lot of work, brains and patience...(which script kiddies don't have - hence they attack Windows boxes mostly) stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ The savior becomes the victim.
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