Hi Brian,

very good research work!

What I like is your fine, yet true distinction between hackers and crackers

From my point of view, a hacker has not malicious intent, but wants to show his ability to do it, while a cracker starts with this malicious intent.

As you've mentioned http://www.sqlsecurity.com , the slogan on their homepage has become you of my all time favorites.

"There is no 'patch' for stupidity."

But not so long ago, somewhere I've read, that attacks on windows system have begun to decline, while attacks on *nix systems are growing in number. Hope I find the link again, so I can post

Cheers,

Frank

P.S.: Is the link to the 'Lifecycle' book valid ???

Edited by - a5xo3z1 on 07/31/2003 05:44:10 AM