LinuxWorld: Locking doors, latching windows; Keep those pesky script-kiddies out of your system | Linux Today

LinuxWorld: Locking doors, latching windows; Keep those pesky script-kiddies out of your system

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 2, 1999

“The problem: Let’s say you’re the owner of a small business.
You’ve put up a Website and an e-mail server so that you can
attract and communicate with customers.”

“Like so many others, you’ve found Linux and Apache to be the
best combination of price and performance….”

Then one day it happens: You come to work and find your
server and desktop systems cracked and their drives erased.
A
third system on the LAN is fine because you shut it down before you
left the day before. If you hadn’t, it would probably be toast as
well.”

“Evil-hearted crackers? A mad genius trying to make a name for
himself? Probably not. Probably nothing more than a script-kiddie
with a few tools and nothing better to do on a school night.”


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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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