On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:25:45 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

Once I remember hearing that the average time-until-attack (for a
system running Windows with default settings) was about 5 minutes.
It's probably less now. It can help to have any Windows updates,
device drivers, and a good firewall on a CD, so you can get it
protected BEFORE getting on the internet.

Uh, what difference do the settings make to "time until attack"? For that
matter, what difference does the OS make? So someone attacks. So what?
What is the time until the attack _succeeds_? That is what matters.

Any interesting read:

"Nothing more than the whim of a 13-year old hacker is required to
knock any user, site, or server right off the Internet."

http://www.grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm

Test Your ports.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Oren