RE: Honeypot stats

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Rieck [mailto:n.rieck@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: December 24, 2005 12:24 PM
> To: Info-VAX@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Honeypot stats
>
> This post has nothing to do with OpenVMS but I thought I'd
> pass it on to my
> security-minded peers after reading the "Christmas 2005
> Wishes" from Bob @
> InstantWhip. The following information was just pasted from an email
> currently circulating at my place of employment.
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/links/cool_openvms.html
>
> #####
>
> These Honeypot links refer to break-in stats from the newest available
> distributions of various operating systems. The software is
> installed on
> systems which are quietly connected to the internet without
> an associated
> DNS entry. The systems do nothing other than watch for, and
> record, hack
> attempts. The timer begins after "I/P discovery"
>
> During the November-2004 go round:
> Windows-XP SP1 was hacked within 4 minutes
> Red Hat Linux was hacked in 3 months
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1752343,00.asp
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/54201306
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/56200327
> http://www.tracking-hackers.com/
> http://www.honeynet.org/challenge/
>
> In September of 2005 I attended in IEEE tour of Raytheon
> Canada in Waterloo.
> You should have seen the bewildered look on U of W (a big MS fan club)
> students' faces when the Raytheon engineers told them that
> Windows security
> was a joke and no company would seriously consider it for
> anything other
> than a personal productivity tool.
>


On a related topic about security (or lack thereof) in 2005, check out:

http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1904993,00.asp
"2005 Was an Ugly Year for Security; 2006 Won't Be Any Prettier"

The security stories and problems that sparked them came so thick and
fast during 2005 that it was hard to keep track of the source of the
threats, let alone how serious each was."

[snip.. See rest of article]

Regards

Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
HP Services Canada
Voice: 613-592-4660
Fax: 613-591-4477
kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom
(remove the DOT's and AT)

OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that just works.

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