Ed Greshko wrote:
Tom Horsley wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:35:07 +0800
Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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Cheers
John
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