Beware - you may be cracked

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Author: Shawn T. Rutledge
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Subject: Beware - you may be cracked
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 08:47:02PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> If you have a Linux box with a permanent net connection and have not
> been particularly security-conscious, beware! Chances are very good
> that your system is already compromised.


I've had rstatd and ftpd disabled for a long time. (I don't even
remember what rstatd does, some kind of status reporting probably?)

I use the web server for any uploading/downloading I need to do on my
gateway box from the Internet. The upload scripts are in PHP and
protected by being in a directory which requires password validation.
Someday I'll get around to using SSL...

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