[Info-vax] Some attackers are going after older operating systems

VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG
Wed Oct 20 11:29:56 EDT 2021


In article <skp17u$hs7$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>For those of you who think that only the currently fashionable systems
>get probed, this is an article for you:
>
>https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/20/linux_solaris_under_attack_at_telcos/
>
>Basically, the article claims other operating systems are being
>probed precisely because they are _NOT_ being watched by infosec teams.
>
>So much for anyone around here who still believes in security by
>obscurity...

My VMS systems get virtually no attacks compared to my linux systems and 
they're all in the same CIDR net.

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