Yes and no - even with Linux you still need to know HOW to lock down the machine and without doing so, there are still exploits that can be as, or more, dangerous than some Windows exploits (take the SSH exploit recently found that can give an intruder root access!).
Bottom line is that any OS has vulnerability if you don't have the know-how to lock it down - it's not a Windows-specific problem. The Linux vs. Windows issue is moot. -M -----Original Message----- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 4:38 PM To: Stephen Craton Cc: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] IIS Ports The short answer (and a good way to start a flamewar ;) install linux :) Cheers, Rob. On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 16:31, Stephen Craton wrote: > This is kind of off topic but kind of not, it's your call. My brother > came home this weekend from college this weekend acting all cool since > he has been learning to hack. He was telling us (the family) how he > did random port penetration on the home network and he said my > computer was the most vulnerable with around 25 ports open. I didn't > really care until about an hour later he hacked into my computer and > then reset it causing me to loose all my important information. I told > my dad and my brother promptly lied about anything of the sort. > > > > What I want to know.since I know the majority of my ports open are > from IIS.is how I can close these. I only need my local server > accessible by just my computer but the entire network too.just not the > network. > > > > I thought the ports would just be open on my computer and not the > hardware firewall and everything. I went ahead and turned on the > Windows XP firewall but I've heard it really sucks. So is there any > way of closing the IIS ports so my brother, and any other hacker, > can't get in here and cause havoc? > > > > Thanks, > > Stephen Craton > > http://www.melchior.us -- http://www.melchior.us/portfolio > > > > > -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | a | powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | such as | forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
