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The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Holes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the casey-kasem-is-out-to-lunch dept.

Ant writes: "A little over a year ago, the SANS Institute and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) released a document summarizing the Ten Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities. Thousands of organizations used that list to prioritize their efforts so they could close the most dangerous holes first. This new list, released on October 1, 2001, updates and expands the Top Ten list. With this new release, we have increased the list to the Top Twenty vulnerabilities, and we have segmented it into three categories: General Vulnerabilities, Windows Vulnerabilities, and Unix Vulnerabilities."

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  1. Re:Most important? by mark-t · · Score: 1, Redundant

    <emote param="facetiousness">There's also the security hole where any user with physical access could take an axe or other sufficiently large implement to the case of the computer, rendering it useless. Since it is not possible to prevent physical access to the computer (even a locked door can be broken, after all), there is no reliable fix available. </emote>

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  2. Number One: by zarathustra93 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1.) Having your website posted on Slashdot. The most effective DoS know to mankind.

  3. +1 Insightful on the MQR standard by MarkusQ · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Very cogent point. I'd mod you up, but the only mod points I have at the moment are the ones I print myself.

    -- MarkusQ

  4. Re:Linux not the most secure.... by altserver · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Very observant of you.

    Dave