I have a server in my pantry hosting some stuff, including an anonymous ftp server. I get a bot that uploads fake screensavers once in a while, and one time someone on 4chan made a million empty directories in it before I turned it off for 30 minutes and they got bored.

I might be naive about getting hacked, but it's been up for 5 or 6 years now and nothing bad has happened.

Edit: actually closer to 12 years total now, wtf I'm aging?

▲ whynotminot 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, this was roughly my experience too when I ran a little Pi server for fun. If you check the access logs you’ll see a bunch of automated low-effort bot attempts at directory traversal and the like. But nothing serious.

Generally there has to be an ROI for someone to really want to go after you.

	▲	stirfish 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I had a note on there that said something to the effect of: `If you think you can hack this server, you probably can! Please don't. I've invited you into my home for tea; please don't break my dishes to show me why I should've kept them in a safe.` That was my attempt from changing the roi from "wouldn't it be fun to trash this stranger's secret clubhouse" to "oh cool, that stranger is letting me just wander around this secret clubhouse"

▲ mschuster91 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> I get a bot that uploads fake screensavers once in a while

You're lucky it's that and not CSAM, a friend of mine had that happen and that took a lot of resources to properly clean up without him getting v& in the process.