Most of the time, 'hackers' would rather go for Linux boxes
Why get the hard targets when you can get the easy ones(ooh lookie, this kid has no router and is running an unpatched version of windows)
Secondly, if you get a shitton of weaker computers, they can do the job of a more powerful computer, with less work to compromise, and redundancy incase someone wakes up and gets an anti-virus.
Also nobody is going to spend the time to try to hack the minecraft server, as only a few people(relatively) use it.
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I disagree with you, therefore you are wrong.
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
Yes, but there are bigger servers. Why spend the time to crack into a mildly popular server, with unknown software, when you can look for big sites with vurnable apache/IIS installations.
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I disagree with you, therefore you are wrong.
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
Right. That. But anyway, the only known attack that would work in vanilla is a good old fashioned DDoS. In custom servers, hacks can result in increased user level.
But nothing dangerous to the computer itself. Java's immunity to buffer overflows helps.
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I disagree with you, therefore you are wrong.
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
I think somebody WOULD hack an incredibly big server that is normally frequented a lot such as The Archives or the WoM servers.
Ironically, I DID hack The Archives. I did it harmlessly and helped the owner fix the site, but the signs of it are still there, like this: http://archives.pearsoncoles.com/iwashere.php
Thats a sign XD
But this is going off-topic, i demand a close too!
I hear it is dangerous but I also hear it isn't
NO.
(My works: Art, Music, MINECRAFT and other stuff)
Forwarding port 25565 is harmless.
No, no, and no. Just as long as you don't forward port 1337. .-.
1337 port foward < 7331 port foward(every1 can hack you)
Why get the hard targets when you can get the easy ones(ooh lookie, this kid has no router and is running an unpatched version of windows)
Secondly, if you get a shitton of weaker computers, they can do the job of a more powerful computer, with less work to compromise, and redundancy incase someone wakes up and gets an anti-virus.
Also nobody is going to spend the time to try to hack the minecraft server, as only a few people(relatively) use it.
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
But nothing dangerous to the computer itself. Java's immunity to buffer overflows helps.
Quality of output = Skill * Effort
Thats a sign XD
But this is going off-topic, i demand a close too!