[OT] Hack attempts
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com
Mon Jul 26 16:59:54 UTC 2004
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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