Re: "wide open"

Dan Harrington <dan@tudan.net> wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.21.0102111934370.84700-100000@tudan.net... > > > Furthermore, Jonathan stated that he didn't "break into" your > > system - you left phpMyAdmin *wide* open, which is frankly > > asking for trouble. Imagine how much fun you'd have had if > > someone with *malicious* intent had found it. > > --in the physical world, if a door is left unlocked, even ajar a couple > inches, the physical act of pushing the door open so that one can enter > the door is defined as "breaking and entering". > > "Harmlessly" pushing an unlocked door open, and walking in and writing on > a whiteboard "Gangstaboy was here" is just as much of a crime as > unauthorizedly logging into a machine, no matter how "wide open" it is, > even if "harm" is not done. I will freely admit I have seen and peeked into "wide open" websites in the past, either through server misconfiguration or faulty scripts. But I have never gone much further than maybe figuring out what was wrong and sending an email to the owner. Most people are pretty receptive if you just send them a kindly worded email. -- Rick Hodger