RE: Re: [OT] - HELP PLEASE we've been hacked.

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian - you are correct, its not a home system, it is the PC we use for
Geovision and Cbus demos on the rolec.net website.

I suppose my problem is that everything I've ever done web wise before has
always been on hosted sites where it is someone elses problem to worry
about
intrusions. This server is the first I have ever opened to the public, and
must admit I now wonder to its virtue...

Visitors to our site had been very complimentary of the demo's we had
running, and has been a useful sales tool, but I now wonder if its worth
it.
I fear the cost of proper support may outway to possible revenues
generated...

Bit of a sh*t all in all.



Dean.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 April 2004 19:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] - HELP PLEASE we've been hacked.

Hmmm, actually, it might be me with the wrong end of the stick.. I thought
this was the rolec.net company webserver, rather than just Dean's home
system...

In which case, as you say, it's overkill - I'm not suggesting home users
rush out and employ a Firewall-1 expert ;)

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Ali Watkins [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 April 2004 19:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: FW: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] - HELP PLEASE we've been hacked.

Ian,

Sorry.. maybe I misunderstood?  I understand that proper services should
come at a proper price, I am a great believer in the old "you get what
you
pay for" adage. But when it comes to securing a windows box on the end
of a
private DSL line hosting pages just for yourself I think a DIY job does
fine.... unless there is something mission critical on the box... which
there shouldn't be!

Maybe I misunderstood the original idea?



Ali




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 April 2004 17:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] - HELP PLEASE we've been hacked.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Alistair Watkins [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
>
> >I dont think you *have* to spend cash to make yourself more
secure,
> there
> >are plenty of *free* (as in speach, not lunch) tools about that
will
> run
> >on windows and help you... there is also plenty to read online
too.
>
> I disagree...
>
> IT Done cheap is IT Done bad. always, and never more so than with
> security.
>
> There's a distinct difference between paying way over the odds for a
> consultant to sit there and oooh and aaaah whilst the meter runs, and
> employing a company with a good background in security to have a check
> over your systems. Seriously - it's money well spent.
>
> It's a malady of British Industry, I fear - people don't want to spend
> the money, and IT systems seem to be okay until the problems are
> forcibly brought home - whether it's a security breach, data loss
> through having no reliable backups, whatever.
>
> I'd take this as a narrow escape - you (seem to have) got away with
only
> having the web server compromised, do the right thing, get someone
local
> that you can get references for, with the appropriate certifications
> from people like checkpoint, and get your systems checked out.
>
> Advice from a list like this simply cannot compare to building a
> relationship with an IT supplier you can trust and getting some expert
> backup.
>
> Ian.
>
>
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