On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Greg Saunders <g...@taord.com> wrote: > Gustin, I'm just jerking your chain :) >> the default on Ubuntu is to not enable root logins btw > I understand that. However, the service that I used for this box does the > remote builds with root account enabled. The owner of the build is then > obligated to login after build, create user accounts and disable root ssh > access. I just left that way. >> I have both Windows and Linux machines with services that are naked to the >> Internet >> Also, Ubuntu 8.04 is really equivalent to Windows Vista on the Desktop > Well, are you or anyone else out there, be not only willing to provide > services but give the world a freakin' login to your Windows box? How long > to you think a standard Vista or Win 7 machine would last if you did that? > While someone was creative enough to fill up the hard drive on the 8.04 > server I set up, the box is still running, apache is still serving and no > one has yet to PWN the box. There is some crazy cat process melting a whole > in the CPU right now but it just keeps serving ... sort of :) > Does anyone out there want me to install a C compiler on this box to make > your PWNing efforts easier? > Oh, and Gustin, I know you're not a Windows lover, Dafydd vouched for ya :) > Anyway, if some does PWN this box, it would be valuable to the rest of us to > know how you did it. I am willing to install pretty much anything anyone > wants to make this box more vulnerable. > Ciao, > Greg
FWIW, I doubt many people who are capable of completing your challenge are very interested in it. It seems like as much fun as reading a newspaper from a few years ago. Personally, I enjoy reading old newspapers, but I have a day job that prevents me from making a serious attempt. -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
