Re: [PEN-TEST] Network Attack Trend Analysis

[Max Vision <vision () WHITEHATS COM>]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, H Carvey wrote:
> http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/defacements-
> graphs.html#HIST
> What does the Y-axis represent?  Fraction of what?
> And the X-axis is labeled "Defacements per day,
> simple"...what constitutes a "simple" defacement?
It is clearly a bell-curve graph, so that when added, all "groups" of data
will total 1.  "Simple" is most likely a label for the type of graph, not
an adjective describing the defacements.

> This one:
> http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/graphs/bar_osto
> tals.gif
> is entitled "OS totals by month"...but what do the
> various colors on the bars indicate?
It is clearly labeled:
Yellow: NT, White: Linux, Orange: BSD, Green: Solaris, Purple: All Other

> I guess the point is this...if you have nothing better to
> do and want to waste someone's time...sure, show
> these graphs to your boss.  They are meaningless,
> though colorful and probably quite enjoyable to look at
> when printed on a color printer.
I think you should slow down and try a little harder to see the meaning in
these folks data before discounting them as meaningless.

Also, I think it's pretty obvious that defacement archives encourage
further activity, but at the same time I think the archives provide a
valuable asset to the community.

Max