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Title: Report: Linux hack attacks on the rise
Post by: CyberViking2000 on July 24, 2002, 01:20:48 AM

Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from U.K. system integrator Mi2g.

Click here to read the article (http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2874408,00.html)

Title: Re: Report: Linux hack attacks on the rise
Post by: Kent on July 24, 2002, 04:43:05 AM

Considering the great majority of the population of web servers are based on *nix operating systems (somewhere around 73% according to CNN) there's no question why hackers would want to do such a thing.  Who in their right mind (as a system engineer mind you) would use a Windows system for production web releases?  The article points out a huge and exhaustive duh factor.

:pint:

Title: Re: Report: Linux hack attacks on the rise
Post by: KennyR on July 24, 2002, 08:32:56 AM

Hackers like a challenge (perhaps as a substitute for a sex life), so Windows servers would hardly appeal to them. They have more holes than a proverbial chunk of swiss cheese.

Title: Re: Report: Linux hack attacks on the rise
Post by: Coder on July 24, 2002, 02:40:16 PM

KennyR is right. It seems that hackers want a challange. And you have with Linux.

Coder

Title: Re: Report: Linux hack attacks on the rise
Post by: SilvrDrgn on July 24, 2002, 08:25:08 PM

Yes, hackers like a challenge.  I've got Apache running on my Amiga at home.  That would be a challenge.  No, I'm NOT inviting hack attempts.  Funny thing is that every hack attempt on my server so far, since I put it online a couple of weeks ago, has been a "script kiddie" trying to hack WinNT and IIS.