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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Downsides include : if any intrusion happens on the server, red team just needs to reboot it to wipe evidence.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    If they have the root access typically needed to reboot a server^1^ they could also just wipe the logs without rebooting.

    ^1^: GUIs typically have a way to reboot without such privileges, but those are typically not installed on machines just used as servers.

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