Re: results of informal poll: school/hacking

[Justin Shore <macdaddy () neo pittstate edu>]

If anything I've seen a massive increase in the number of probes this 
summer.  School's out.  Kids are home.  It's the 4th week of June and the 
kids are starting to get bored.  They don't get their bandwidth from the 
school.  They get their bandwidth at home.  Almost everyone has cable or 
DSL now.  Most schools have a T1 or less.  Cable has the potential of 
getting you 2Mb/sec or more.  I don't see many sploits because I have 
everything too tied down but I do see probes and I've seen a massive 
increase (I don't know numbers handy).  If anything it's worse in the 
summertime.

My $.02,
  Justin

On 6/27/01 1:11 PM sarnold () wirex com said...

> Several weeks ago, I asked if more security incidents occurred during the
> school year or during vacations, when students were more likely to be
> away from their connected schools.
>
> I got one response from someone who says the incidents of hacking
> attempts at his school goes down during the summer.
>
> I got two more responses from people who did not say that they have
> knowledge one way or another -- only that the reasoning is flawed, or
> that the original poster was talking about elementary school.
>
> So, with the one response with experience saying that summer time
> implies less bandwidth implies fewer attackers, that is about 100%. It
> is also a very small return. (And to think, my high school statistics
> teacher was pretty adamant that a minimum of 30 responses is required
> for good results. Only 29 to go! Hehe.)
>
> So, I guess we must wait for a more detailed study for conclusive
> answers. :)
>
> Cheers! Seth




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