Veritas777 opened this issue on Jan 26, 2005 ยท 91 posts
svdl posted Thu, 27 January 2005 at 4:07 PM
If crackers/script kiddies ARE interested in 'rosity, it won't be for the models. Script kiddies go for the "fun" of bringing down a high-traffic site (but they'd do it using a distributed DoS attack), crackers would go after credit card info - and 'rosity doesn't store that info. About port scans: I expect to see several port scans per day in my logs, those are just the automated ones used by crackers and script kiddies in search of vulnerable systems. Any decent firewall (yes, even the WinXP firewall) is sufficient to fool those port scanners. I'm not worried. But I still don't trust offsite banners.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter