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Re: hello


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 23:59:24 -0500

On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 10:16:19 +0800, xzchen <xzchen () sei xjtu edu cn>  said:

Hi,I am engaged in the vulnerability assessment. Now I am lack of
the statistic results about the exploting incidents of some
vulnerabilities.How can I get some statistic data about the
exploting incidents of some vulnerabilities? Please provide me some
reference. Thank you.

Vulnerability assessments are usually made on a specific
program/site/network.  As a result, simply throwing statistics like
"18 million hosts were infected with Nimda" doesn't tell you
*ANYTHING* about whether your target is vulnerable to anything, Nimda
or otherwise.  On the other hand, *IF* your network contains Linux
systems, Dave Dittrich's estimate of how long an unpatched Linux
system survives may be useful information.

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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