[huskerlug] Re: CERT Advisory

On Thursday 14 August 2003 07:12 pm, you wrote:
> > I know that cracking WinXX boxes is no trick at all  - 7th
> > graders=3D20 have done it using scripts.  But, do you think a
> > "script-kiddy" has=3D20 enough knowledge and ability to crack into
> > a Linux distro, even with=3D20 'linux scripts'?
>
> That's the thing with "script kiddies", most of them don't have a
> lot of knowledge.  If someone writes an exploit for xyz os, anyone
> can run it.  It takes very little if any knowledge to execute the
> exploit.  This is true whether it's an attack against windoze,
> linux, openbsd, etc.

Except that in the most cases envolving Linux exploits require a local=20
accomplice....  a gullible user.

=2D-=20
=2D=20
Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals
GrayGeek

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