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Re: rr style scanning of non-customers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sun Jun 15 01:23:26 2003

From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 22:22:50 -0700
To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


>> so where is the authoritative web site
>>    <http://make-your-stinkin-windoze-system-safe.clue>
> Plenty of *ix idiots running vulnerable systems and "servers",
> too.  Follow a Cobalt mailing list and live in fear.

for which there are system-specific sites telling you how to
lock it down, e.g., as david lesher just pointed out,

    <http://www.bastille-linux.org>

that fools don't use the resources is another matter.  "a fool
and their data are soon parted."  -- monty williams

but where is the equivalent for windoze, the very common and very
vulnerable opsys?

randy


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