[Clug-tech] Curious how an old machine will handle new threats.

[Graham Monk]

Before you recycle, maybe you should offer it to NASA?
Looks like they need a spare 486.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/16/hubble_back_up/

graham

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:37 PM, John Jardine
<john_e_jardine at spamcop.net> wrote:
> Ok - boredom got the better of me today and I booted what was my first
> Linux machine again.  The machine is an old Gateway 2000 486/33 16MB
> 210MB/HDD running Slackware 7.  To save you the trouble of looking that
> up it's kernel 2.2.13, recompiled to my needs.
>
> I had not turned it on since 2001.  I actually remembered the root
> password for the box so I was able to log in.  There is nothing on this
> machine that I need so it's next stop is the recyclers.
>
> So - before I take this to the recyclers I was going to put it on 'The
> Net'*, as-is, as a honeypot and see how long it takes for the bad guys
> to find it and crack it.  I'll setup another machine as a bridge to
> capture the traffic.
>
> I'm open to suggestions though - what would you do with this dinosaur?
>
> BTW: I've got a distribution disk of Slackware 7 if anyone is looking
> for a copy :P
>
> Cheers,
> J.J.
>
> * That reference is about as old as the computer
>
>
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