Messages in this thread |  | | From | Manfred Bartz <> | Subject | Re: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by life in prison | Date | 01 Oct 2001 20:41:30 +1000 |
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Helge Hafting <helgehaf@idb.hist.no> writes:
> .. but at least fixes appear a lot faster for linux. That alone > don't usually leave enough timespan for a large-scale exploit.
I wouldn't count on time, regardless of the OS. How about 15 minutes to infect all vulnerable hosts on the Internet? See:
<http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/warhol.html>
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