[ Thanks to Linuxcare for this link.
]
“On December 26th, I received an extra present from a “Script
Kiddie” under the tree. Somebody had cracked into my big box. Other
than my ego being bruised, there was no outright damage done. But
the intruder had left footprints all over my system. My box was a
tangled mess and needed a thorough cleaning. It was two days before
my wedding and I had to mess around with computers….”
“It only took me a couple of hours to have everything back up to
a stable state. But that was just the beginning of my work.
Although the script kiddie had gained access through wuftp, the
real vector for the intrusion was my own stupidity–I blindly
presumed that my system was safe.”
“Part of any good twelve-step program is to acknowledge that
one has a problem. From that day forward, I promised myself that I
will never again presume anything about the security of my
systems.“