Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Open source tools: SMB Buying Decisions
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> | There's no doubt that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can savem
> | oney by moving applications to an open source model that doesn't
> | require licensing fees like that of proprietary software.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1207428,00.html
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> Related item in the news:
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> 'Brute force' attacks against SMBs on the rise
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> | Alert Logic has seen more than a 1,000% increase over the past three
> | months in brute force attacks, the company says.
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> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/FB169ED444860E0BCC2571BF0018DED9
I can agree with that summary, actually. My router has seen ten times as
much scanning traffic, DoS, and related attacks in the last quarter - hard
enough attacks to cause periodic restarts of my router. Bugger all I can do
about it except to redirect what I can to /dev/null and to block huge
swathes of IP ranges while I can.
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Use a hammer.
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They serve no particular purpose,
But they bring a smile to your face
When you push them down the stairs.
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