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Re:Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Bil... by danielh on Monday July 16, 2012 @07:23AM (#4250194)
"Security is a scaling issue" is a dangerous assumption to make.

While a small site might not be targeted directly, you might still get hit by an automatic attack if you use any off the shelf software. It's not fun when Google marks your site as harmful because your OpenX-Ad-Server suddenly serves malicious ads.

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Re:Here’s why we keep getting hacked – clear and present Bil... by dsirijus on Monday July 16, 2012 @07:27AM (#4250210)
Ok, so then first priority is to get secured from "automatic attacks on off-the-shelf software".
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