Handover Phist: It’s Quiet… Too Quiet…

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 16, 2006

[ Thanks to Handover
Phist
for this link. ]

“Every day with my morning coffee I read the news. Logs sent to
me from network computers informing me of who’s been doing what.
Using these informative bits of news I can report potential
cracking attempts to ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and find out
whether someone is seriously attempting to take over my systems or
just if someones home computer has a virus that’s trying to
replicate itself. Most ISPs and Network Admins are pretty good
about tracking and stopping crack attempts, but I don’t expect them
to stop trying. For one, it’s no fun, the morning news gets boring.
For another, if they’re not trying to break into systems, what are
they doing?

“That’s exactly what I see happening right now…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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