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Archive for January 28th, 2005

28 Jan

MySQL on Windows under attack

If you’re running a MySQL server on Windows, ensure that you have a rock-solid, hard-to-crack root password or, smarter yet, turn off remote root access. The Internet Storm Center logs a nasty bot that’s taking over Windows machines (an easy task, let’s admit it) using MySQL servers with weak root passwords.
Like any application exposed to [...]

28 Jan

Yet another Linux geek finds OS X and…

A Linux Geek Embraces Mac OS X. ExtremeTech’s own (and OSNews reader) Jim Lynch is a long-standing Linux and occasional Windows user. He recently got a Mac for the first time, a G5. Did he like it, will he stay to the new platform? [OSNews]

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