My experience is that it is really hard to find *good* documentation for advanced topics in the Microsoft world. (especially when you need it). I guess that there are good books out there, but when I needed information I was not at the bookstore.
On the other hand, Linux/Unix is very well documented. And when you hit the wall, you can always look around in the source code.
It looks like this was not a malicious attack. From what I read (I'm greek), they did not do any damage, and they fixed a serous bug :-)
More details here: http://vrypan.net/log/2008/09/13/hackers-attack-lhc-some-more-details/
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My experience is that it is really hard to find *good* documentation for advanced topics in the Microsoft world. (especially when you need it). I guess that there are good books out there, but when I needed information I was not at the bookstore.
On the other hand, Linux/Unix is very well documented. And when you hit the wall, you can always look around in the source code.
Panayotis.