[_] the worst morning of my life!!!
Sam Mignano - Analyst
sam at beyondmetrix.com
Fri Sep 29 17:48:18 BST 2006
somewhat of an odd tangent you're on there Mr Hodgkinson
My server was hacked, vast amounts of my bandwidth was stolen that I pay
for and my server was used to carry out further criminal behaviour
(phishing) etc etc etc
Its hardly trespass - the same as burglary is burglary whether the door
was unlocked or not.
If you are insistent upon this battle of wits - at least keep it
relevant - cos my mum always said not to fight with people who are
unarmed ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: underscore-bounces at under-score.org.uk
[mailto:underscore-bounces at under-score.org.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
Hodgkinson
Sent: 29 September 2006 17:26
To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
Subject: Re: [_] the worst morning of my life!!!
On 29 Sep 2006, at 17:02, Sam Mignano - Analyst wrote:
> So if I leave the door at my house unlocked - does that mean no crime
> has been committed and therefore no blame should be apportioned to the
> burglar?
It's the difference between breaking and entering and trespass.
*snip*
>
> Maybe I shall look for some "real hosting" when the screw-up fairy has
> left.
>
> But then again that would mean I blame Rackspace - and I don't -
> fact is
> nothing is unhackable - and between us we missed something. That's
> not a
> reason to change hosting company - that's just life. At the risk of
> repeating myself - that wasn't what my post was about....
I was in no way pointing the finger at Rackspace. They're a great
company
at what they do but their responsibility stops short of ensuring their
customers machines are up to date.
Seriously though, I will ask around, some of the Bristol LUG folks
work in that
area.
--
Dave Hodgkinson - Music photography http://www.davehodgkinson.com/
--
underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk
My server was hacked, vast amounts of my bandwidth was stolen that I pay
for and my server was used to carry out further criminal behaviour
(phishing) etc etc etc
Its hardly trespass - the same as burglary is burglary whether the door
was unlocked or not.
If you are insistent upon this battle of wits - at least keep it
relevant - cos my mum always said not to fight with people who are
unarmed ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: underscore-bounces at under-score.org.uk
[mailto:underscore-bounces at under-score.org.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
Hodgkinson
Sent: 29 September 2006 17:26
To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
Subject: Re: [_] the worst morning of my life!!!
On 29 Sep 2006, at 17:02, Sam Mignano - Analyst wrote:
> So if I leave the door at my house unlocked - does that mean no crime
> has been committed and therefore no blame should be apportioned to the
> burglar?
It's the difference between breaking and entering and trespass.
*snip*
>
> Maybe I shall look for some "real hosting" when the screw-up fairy has
> left.
>
> But then again that would mean I blame Rackspace - and I don't -
> fact is
> nothing is unhackable - and between us we missed something. That's
> not a
> reason to change hosting company - that's just life. At the risk of
> repeating myself - that wasn't what my post was about....
I was in no way pointing the finger at Rackspace. They're a great
company
at what they do but their responsibility stops short of ensuring their
customers machines are up to date.
Seriously though, I will ask around, some of the Bristol LUG folks
work in that
area.
--
Dave Hodgkinson - Music photography http://www.davehodgkinson.com/
--
underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk