[60059] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WANTED: ISPs with DDoS defense solutions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Thu Jul 31 02:04:26 2003
From: "Petri Helenius" <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: <variable@ednet.co.uk>, "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net>
Cc: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>, <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:02:51 +0300
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> 1) The OS/software/default settings for a lot of internet connected
> machines are weak, making it easy to attack from multiple locations.
>
Iīll start looking for this to happen when Microsoft manages to release
an OS version which does not contain remote exploitable flaw before
the boxes hit the store self.
Remember, security is not a process, itīs lifestyle.
Pete
