Re: [[cobalt-users] Server Hacked?]

["manitu" <manitu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> He didn't try and do anything wrong..
> He wasn't out to get me , he was a real nice guy trying to learn C
Compiling
> on my box.
>
> he had a few scripts that ran over and over every second to the point that
> my CPU was maxed and almost crashed..
>
> So it doesn't matter if the guy is out to get me, or just honestly tying
to
> better his skills.

Okay, but was has this do to with the risk of granting this guy telnet
access. Writing a cgi that crashes your server is also possible without
having telnet access, ftp and its chmod are enough...

Manueö