> Based on what I've been hearing about the sharp rise in cracking
> activity since the details of the latest round of Sendmail bugs became
> known in the last couple of weeks,
Now that I'm thinking about it.... has anyone else noticed a large
increase in casual entry attempts since, say September? I see more
guest-login attempts, ftp probing, nntp-server probing, etc, than
I ever had before. I'm not sure if it's the new school year (and
a crop of net-knowledgeable kids just getting their first school
logins), or if it's a general result of the popularization of the
net. Or maybe I'm just paying more attention suddenly.
Brent is probably taking a simple reason that supports his position to
explain a complex situation. The last sentence quoted above may have
a lot to do with what is being reported. There is a fairly well
studied "chipped window syndrome" that results in large outbreaks of
"unexplained chipped windshield" reports.
It is probably the case that there is not adequate data to permit a
substantial conclusion. It will just shift the discussion to a
meta-discussion of the validity of the studies and will not change
many opinions on the issues.
/dan
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