North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: and here are some answers [was: Quarantine your infected users spreading malware]
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 07:49:04PM -0600, Rob Thomas wrote: > > Hey, Bill. > > ] wht is the mean-time-to-infection for a stock windows XP system > ] when plugged intot he net?... 2-5minutes? you can't get patches > ] down that fast. > > The same case can be made for Linux and Unix-based web servers with > vulnerable PHP-based tools. There's also a large number of poorly > configured devices such as routers with easily guessed passwords, > overly permissive DNS name servers, etc. > > It's not simply a Windows problem. > > Thanks, > Rob. true enough. but "auntie jane" doesn't have linux/unix web server(s) or router(s) (other than the one provided by her ISP and managed by them) and has zero clue about overly permissive <service> machines. me thinks it is a -much- larger pool that gets taken advantage of wiht a much higher threshold of ignorance about problems. --bill
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