I havent seen much in lines of this being a problem yet..although I was reading through practical unix security (newest edition) and it made mention of the danger of hacking WWW. Forgive my ignorance on this.. but what dangers are there? I could see someone attacking the main server and do damage in that sense..but Im a little outdated in this as far as what is attacked. The only thing Ive ever had to worry about was unix, now theres oh-so much more. If someone could tell me the dangers of someone attacking someones site..etc..on the WWW, I would much appreciate it! Thanks Adam
On Sat, 29 Jun 1996 AwakenToMe@aol.com wrote:
If someone could tell me the dangers of someone attacking someones site..etc..on the WWW, I would much appreciate it!
Editing the contents of a .htm(l) without permission of the owner (alledged publisher) can do any sort of harm. Imagine the reaction if the Vatican Home Page suddenly contained a statement like 'Woytola just spoke to God. The Allmighty has changed her mind: Contraception and Divorce are hereby sanctioned by the Divine Catholic Throne'. Even changing a single ascii character can raise HELL. The biggest telco in Sweden, TELIA (formerly the State Monopoly and still a subject for 2600-type teenager scorn) recently involuntarily had their main home-page logo changed to FELIA - which in Swedish is an allegory of 'wrong', as if PACIFIC BELL would have become PACIFIC HELL. This was major news for all media including prime time TV and very bad publicity for the telco, securitywize. Asgaard
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