[2935] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: server protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Tauzell)
Thu Sep 12 19:04:08 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:20:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: David Tauzell <tauzell@math.umn.edu>
To: Pierre-Yves Bonnetain <pyb@cadrus.fr>
cc: alsalqan@cerc.wvu.edu, bikkasan@ag-data.com, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu,
hobika@kodak.com
In-Reply-To: <199609111720.SAA00269@localhost>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Pierre-Yves Bonnetain wrote:
> > what is the easiest way to protect a web server from being compromised
> > ... i.e. no body should be able to change any page on the web server?
> >
> Put it off line :-)
I would also suggest immmediatesly starting a counter-attack against any
computer that tries to connect to your web server. Soon you would have
control of so many machines that no one would attack your server for fear
of retalliation from your brigade.
---
David Tauzell. I like unix.
