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Re: rr style scanning of non-customers
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:54:33 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 jlewis () lewis org wrote:
The last time this topic came up, it was suggested by others that either trojan or virus software was installing/creating open proxies. I wrote that off as people being overly paranoid. I'm sorry to say that I now know this to be true and have seen many installations of at least one strain of such proxy software.
According to a study by America Online, 89% of the computers with broadband connections are not safely configured. 91% of the computers had what AOL categorized as spyware installed. In reality, the connection method isn't the determining factor. http://www.staysafeonline.info/press/060403.pdf Although firewalls and anti-virus helps, it doesn't prevent a determined user from infecting his own system. Honeypots and passive detection systems aren't picking up the whole story. The user is an important part of evaluating the security equation.
Current thread:
- rr style scanning of non-customers Kuhtz, Christian (Jun 13)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers jlewis (Jun 13)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Randy Bush (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers E.B. Dreger (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Randy Bush (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers John Brown (Jun 14)
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- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers John Brown (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Randy Bush (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Sean Donelan (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers jlewis (Jun 13)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers E.B. Dreger (Jun 14)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Sean Donelan (Jun 15)
- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Paul Vixie (Jun 15)
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- Re: rr style scanning of non-customers Michael . Dillon (Jun 16)