14 Mar
2006
14 Mar
'06
5:03 p.m.
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:12 +0100, Dries Buytaert wrote:
are PUBLIC. Script kiddies can subscribe to the e-mail notifications as well. Chances are that they receive their e-mail notifications before you do. The mailing list is a publicly accessible notification mechanism, not an exclusive service.
I hope no one took my script kiddie non-sense seriously. There is no real defense against a true 0-day hacker, except proactive security audits. Script kiddies normally take a while to figure out how to implement their exploits, and how they can effectively be used. 5 minutes - 1 week probably won't kill you. .darrel.