Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 07:34:22 +0800 From: Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about MSblaster worm Message-ID: <1060904061.753.16.camel@daemon.home.net> In-Reply-To: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain> References: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 02:43, Dan Strick wrote: > Recently I have seen a lot of newspaper articles warning about the > new "MSblaster" worm. They say that it uses a denial of service > attack mode. Once it installs itself on your system it causes the > system to crash and makes it difficult for you to get any work done. I see great benefits so far here in Malaysia. Perfect time to be the miracle worker. - faster internet speed: All those Windows users now offline. They can't even go online to get windows updated because they get hit immediately. - advocacy of freebsd/linux/open source solutions People are just desperate to get some work done.. Not affected? Can open Word documents? I can continue working? Less than the cost of AV licenses? No licenses needed to set up a firewall? -- "Optimized, readable, on time; Pick any two." FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 7:21AM up 8:12, 1 user, load averages: 0.17, 0.14, 0.09 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/PBx9DAqnLW/+/X8RAo6OAKDRx3tb+l3RSfZLty2HUDtPhDFe/wCgy5Ks fldxOyAqf11txXUlIaK0m/4= =MwhA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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