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not the only method
The article I read stated '"The perpetrators regularly gain access to an unprivileged local user account, presumably by sniffing passwords, cracking passwords from other compromised systems, or by triggering vulnerabilities in remotely accessible services," the Stanford advisory states.'

Did you just skip the "triggering vulnerabilities in remotely accessible services" comment? Don't know what percentage of these attacks were of this type, but apparently there were at least some.

Once again, ANY OS can be broken into if not properly setup and maintained.
Posted by: PA-ITGuy   Posted on: 04/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is not good...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Here Here!!  Mack DaNife | 04/14/04
Spot on post!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Nah, public hangings would be tbetter  voska | 04/14/04
Naw, too fast and has no lasting effect.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/04
Shame on the admins!  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Correct you are...  LinuxHippie | 04/13/04
Linux Patching???  Da-Man | 04/13/04
no money is correct  nucrash | 04/13/04
Freeware...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Choose your tool for update management...  David Mohring | 04/13/04
Also...  doe_z | 04/14/04
RedHat Linux 7.1, now thats ancient history  Da-Man | 04/14/04
Not Necessarily  Mack DaNife | 04/14/04
Linux (and most unix based systems) come with a version control system  B.O.F.H. | 04/14/04
Even simpler...  Fred Fredrickson | 04/13/04
Bad Passwords  Mark Gist | 04/14/04
Not really, simple training and common sense...  MkIIISupra | 04/14/04
Completely Unrealistic  nikoli | 04/14/04
Your right so read my reply to  MkIIISupra | 04/14/04
ROFLMAO  Loverock Davidson | 04/13/04
Did you, er... can you read?  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Section 5.8 of MS Shill book..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/14/04
You responded?!?  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Linux is not very secure  Enterprise Analyst | 04/13/04
IT_Christian aka Southern Pride!  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
No kidding!  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Ignorance Exposed...  boomslang_z | 04/14/04
Local Access buddy  voska | 04/14/04
Even better...  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
Meanwhile...  Mark Gist | 04/14/04
Sounds like an "inside job"  wackoae | 04/13/04
Someone on the internal network, yes.  Zogg | 04/14/04
Since when was password guessing a OS flaw?  David Mohring | 04/13/04
Whatever...  Da-Man | 04/14/04
re: whatever  Iain_Peters | 04/14/04
Not Just A Password Issue  nikoli | 04/14/04
Only some machines were "easy meat"...  Zogg | 04/14/04
Every one?  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
not the only method  PA-ITGuy | 04/14/04
Your own quote says "presumably by..."  Zogg | 04/14/04
re: not the only method  cbradshaw@... | 04/14/04
Windows and Linux MUST keep up with Patches!  cancelled@... | 04/13/04
Perhaps that which makes OSS more secure also backfires  oldskool | 04/13/04
Give an instance of that comprimise  cancelled@... | 04/14/04
But did it slow down and spread to whole Internet?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/14/04
there is a difference  prong@... | 04/14/04
The system WAS compromised, PERIOD...  Da-Man | 04/14/04
And we're still waiting for the analysis that will tell us "How?".  Zogg | 04/14/04
3/10  Martin Marvinski | 04/14/04
The parrallels are striking!  ShadeTree | 04/14/04
FINALLY!!  Eggs Ackley_z | 04/14/04
It's all 'gotcha' and 'how cares' until  FilledOut | 04/14/04
Reality vs. Sensetionality  michael-t | 04/14/04

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