> > > > Again, I echo Dave's remarks. If you think that any cracker with half a > > brain doesn't know how to exploit it, then you're quite silly. > > > As someone who has recently been exposed to a hacker, I > can say that hacker's *DO* have half a brain. > > Our logs show the hacker had sophisticated tools, but didn't know how > to use them. This hacker doesn't even understand UNIX: > > Examples of hacker's commands: > > cat file | grep pattern > > more /dev/nit > > more /dev/pty > > > Need I say more? > What you didn't say is more important. How many {h | cr}ackers have been through your system patching that you _didn't_ see? -- + alan@mid.net Network Operations Center (402)/472-0242, Fax (402)/472-0240 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +============\\ "Those who are willing to give up some liberty for some + +MIDnet, Inc. \\______ security lose both and deserve neither." - B. Franklin +