Linux Worm
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I guess Linux has problems just like MS does. Linux Worm - Slapper[^] Apparently this one spread fast in it's initial "release" that the Code Red worm. I can see the flames coming. :) Nick Parker
**The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it. - Unknown
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How would you go about cooking one of these Linux worms? Can you eat them in the same dishes as earthworms? :~
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Pro wrestling is entertainment for the unentertained unentertainable.
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How would you go about cooking one of these Linux worms? Can you eat them in the same dishes as earthworms? :~
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Pro wrestling is entertainment for the unentertained unentertainable.
And do you eat those Linux worms while they are still warm, or do you wait till they get cold? I would think that a warm Linux worm would go nicely with chilled beer to wash it down. :rolleyes: Q. Why doesn't the Linux worm like winter? A. Because it's cold!
Regards,Rohit Sinha
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Did you count all other services running? Have you ever seen a Redhat box boot up? Please count all services coming up, ready to be attacked. I know RedHat used to include a webserver in the default "server installation" alongside with a billion of other crap services. I can't remember the defaults in Mandrake, but I know it too pushed a lot of crap into any default install. It is NOT sane to let million lines of code run on a system, especially when you don't utilize a tenth of it. That's just being ignorant of security problems that DO exist. Kristopher wrote: Oh, and "the worms are coming" bullshit - you seem to think that apache has _recently_ gained this amount of marketshare.. Um, no. Bullshit huh? Unix computers are the most hacked systems around. Why? Because you can use them for your own purposes after it's been compromised. You can't do much with a Windows box after it has been compromised, other than messing with it. Unix is way more usable much thanks to interactive logins. Now that the old school hackers seem to be a dying breed, you'll see that new trend will be to just f**k with servers. Best way to do that with getting easily caught? Worms. Apache isn't the only thing that's been attacked during the years. Pretty much everything from fingerd to sendmail has been hacked. And since there are no formal security reviews of most open source software packages (except for non-port OpenBSD-stuff), these vulnerabilities will not go away. And why are you so keen on calling me a bullshitter? Are you arguing skills so bad you have to resort to calling names? If you think I'm a Linux-basher, you are wrong. If that's the main reason why you are calling me names, you can stop now. Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea,for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, it's number is Six hundred and sixty six
IF YOU INSTALL THE SERVER, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SERVERS. Sheesh! Your statements are comparitive to being suprised the Windows 2000 Server comes with a &$*@#^$ server. btw, i called your statement bullshit; if being a bullshitter comes naturally to you, please continue. :) evilpen dot net::msn messenger:negacao@hotmail.com
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IF YOU INSTALL THE SERVER, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SERVERS. Sheesh! Your statements are comparitive to being suprised the Windows 2000 Server comes with a &$*@#^$ server. btw, i called your statement bullshit; if being a bullshitter comes naturally to you, please continue. :) evilpen dot net::msn messenger:negacao@hotmail.com
Kristopher wrote: IF YOU INSTALL THE SERVER, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SERVERS. "The Server" != "Servers". Ok, fine, you can fine tune on some distributions what you actually want before proceeding the installation. But 9 out of 10 distribution has this "Default Server Install" which will install 10 times more servers you want or need. Lazy admins don't bother to do the fine tuning, because they know that at least 1 out the 300 servers being installed is what they want/need. A couple of years ago when you heard about a lazy admin, you'd naturally think about a Windows NT/2000 admin. On the UNIX side it actually required some skill and thought to setup a machine. You actually had to know how the commands 'rpm', 'pkg_add', etc. worked! Hell, you even had to compile the sources yourself sometimes! You don't have to today - all you have to do is "click next" during install. Hence, the name "lazy admin" is no longer exclusive to Windows admins. If you don't see how this laziness will benefit virus/worm makers, then fine. Have it your way :), just try not to fall into the lazy crowd. I'm fully convinced that "off by default" is the way to go, and I don't think I'll ever change on that point. The only OS that promotes this as far as I know is OpenBSD. And you know as well as I know that OpenBSD is far superior than (dare I say) most operating systems when it comes to security. Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea,for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, it's number is Six hundred and sixty six