Seems a group of WoW geeks over at Novell, had a bit of a problem with a server that was hosting their guild site. It seems to have been used as a bounce point for port scanning lots of Internet hosts. You can check it out at ComputerWorld - Novell Server Hacked
Assuming it was Suse linux; This brings up an interesting point for how Novell handles this newer acquisition and integration with their platforms. Don't you think this was a good product test for how SUSE performs OOB?
Maybe Novell should be using this as a jumping point into locking down security in this Open Source offering even more.
They could also use this as an opportunity to bring some of these employees more into making this stuff somewhat secure on first install, cuz out of the box didn't work.
It doesn't hurt to perform end user/customer testing. This would be a great market study for Novell also, allowing questions like "When my customers get this product, what do they have when they are done setting it up?" So, being a World of Warcraft player and Novell fan myself, I hope they make an opportunity out of this and not smush employees for enjoying some downtime!
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