Re: brute force ssh attack

[Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:41:17AM +0100, Nigel Wade wrote:
> For a virus to be viable it has to be communicable. In this instance the 
> virus required manual "injection". Hence the 0-49 infections in 3 years, 
> and the virutally zero threat.

But it wasn't quite manual -- happened through sloppy practices. This is
somewhat akin to saying that STDs are ~0 threat -- true, but only if you
follow safe procedures. :)

Where are you getting your "0-49" number from?

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