They're doing it because webservers come with a 15K SAS drive and a 10Gbit ethernet port to send spam out of and launch more attacks. would you rather have some dudes home computer or a web server in a state of the art datacenter?
Point being, setting your logins to comon settings has always been a horrible idea just the same way you wouldn't want the lock to your house to open with a key you can buy from homedepot (read, admin//password as your login)
Slashdot Mirror
They're doing it because webservers come with a 15K SAS drive and a 10Gbit ethernet port to send spam out of and launch more attacks. would you rather have some dudes home computer or a web server in a state of the art datacenter? Point being, setting your logins to comon settings has always been a horrible idea just the same way you wouldn't want the lock to your house to open with a key you can buy from homedepot (read, admin//password as your login)