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Half a Million Database Servers 'Have no Firewall'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thats-not-so-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There are nearly half a million database servers exposed on the Internet, without firewall protection according to UK-based security researcher David Litchfield."

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  1. donttagmebro by Digitus1337 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, off-topic but... whoever keeps tagging this stories with a variation of "don't tase me bro," cut it out! What's it going to be for this story? Don't expose me bro?

    1. Re:donttagmebro by ShiNoKaze · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      It's called a meme. This is slashdot. Get used to it. Complaining about it just made it a permanent part of slashdot. Good job.

    2. Re:donttagmebro by BeerBrewingMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I for one welcome our new meme spouting overlords.