Friday Reminder: Web Site Security

[eyeronic.design at gmail.com (Mike Hale)]

Big plus 1 to Bill's point.

On Fri, May 15, 2020, 6:37 PM William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:

> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:25 PM Valdis KlÄ?tnieks
> <valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:15:13 -0700, "Ronald F. Guilmette" said:
> > > This is your helpful Friday reminder to always pay close attention to
> > > the security settings of all of the web sites under your
> administration.
> > > Otherwise, anonymous skript kiddiez could show up at any moment and
> > > deface one or more of your web sites.  (It happens a lot.)
> > > https://ipv4.plus/
> >
> > Just this week, I have seen an (unconfirmed) report that there is an
> organized
> > effort that's abusing SSH keys that lack passphrases - if they pwn a
> system and
> > find one, they go surfing it as far as they can.
>
> You may have missed the schadenfreude in Ronald's post.
>
> Give it a rest Ronald. You won.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
> --
> William Herrin
> bill at herrin.us
> https://bill.herrin.us/
>
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