27 messages in net.php.lists.php-generalRe: [PHP] "wide open"| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| rswfire | Feb 8, 2001 3:04 pm | |
| James Moore | Feb 8, 2001 3:14 pm | |
| rswfire | Feb 8, 2001 3:19 pm | |
| James, Yz | Feb 8, 2001 3:36 pm | |
| Philip Olson | Feb 8, 2001 3:49 pm | |
| Matt McClanahan | Feb 8, 2001 3:58 pm | |
| Chad Day | Feb 8, 2001 4:10 pm | |
| James, Yz | Feb 8, 2001 4:10 pm | |
| James, Yz | Feb 8, 2001 4:17 pm | |
| Philip Olson | Feb 8, 2001 4:23 pm | |
| Jonathan Sharp | Feb 8, 2001 5:14 pm | |
| Jonathan Sharp | Feb 8, 2001 5:16 pm | |
| Chris Lee | Feb 8, 2001 5:33 pm | |
| Sefton | Feb 9, 2001 1:28 pm | |
| Dallas Kropka | Feb 9, 2001 5:52 pm | |
| rswfire | Feb 11, 2001 3:51 pm | |
| Jason Murray | Feb 11, 2001 4:11 pm | |
| Dan Harrington | Feb 11, 2001 6:43 pm | |
| Jason Murray | Feb 11, 2001 6:44 pm | |
| Josh G | Feb 11, 2001 6:48 pm | |
| Matt McClanahan | Feb 11, 2001 11:23 pm | |
| Rick Hodger | Feb 12, 2001 1:02 am | |
| PHPBeginner.com | Feb 12, 2001 1:41 am | |
| Carsten Gehling | Feb 12, 2001 2:41 am | |
| Dan Harrington | Feb 12, 2001 7:11 am | |
| Philip Olson | Feb 12, 2001 8:23 am | |
| Jonathan Sharp | Feb 12, 2001 4:17 pm |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP] "wide open" | |
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| From: | Rick Hodger (ri...@domainsbuy.com) | |
| Date: | Feb 12, 2001 1:02:49 am | |
| List: | net.php.lists.php-general | |
Dan Harrington <da...@tudan.net> wrote in message news:Pine...@tudan.net...
Furthermore, Jonathan stated that he didn't "break into" your system - you left phpMyAdmin *wide* open, which is frankly asking for trouble. Imagine how much fun you'd have had if someone with *malicious* intent had found it.
--in the physical world, if a door is left unlocked, even ajar a couple inches, the physical act of pushing the door open so that one can enter the door is defined as "breaking and entering".
"Harmlessly" pushing an unlocked door open, and walking in and writing on a whiteboard "Gangstaboy was here" is just as much of a crime as unauthorizedly logging into a machine, no matter how "wide open" it is, even if "harm" is not done.
I will freely admit I have seen and peeked into "wide open" websites in the past, either through server misconfiguration or faulty scripts. But I have never gone much further than maybe figuring out what was wrong and sending an email to the owner. Most people are pretty receptive if you just send them a kindly worded email.
-- Rick Hodger