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Worm bait?



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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:23:35 -0400
Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:

> This theory does nothing to explain why IIS is the most attacked web
> server.  It is NOT the most widely installed web server.  I conclude
> that there is something else at work here.
That theory was only for email clients. 
Web servers (and servers in general) are totally different animals. IIS
has many security flaws, and is often run on personal Windows machines.
BIND is also a frequent target of attack. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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