Re: [OT] Hack attempts

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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.
-- 
Scot L. Harris
webid@xxxxxxxxxx

The cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going down. 



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