From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 16:34:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8E637B401 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:34:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp102.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp102.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [216.136.174.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B47743FAF for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:34:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kaeru@pd.jaring.my) Received: from unknown (HELO ?219.95.62.3?) (khairil?yusof@219.95.62.3 with plain) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Aug 2003 23:34:27 -0000 From: Khairil Yusof To: Dan Strick In-Reply-To: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain> References: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-yX0RBCRmbBY+LrHdQ6TH" Message-Id: <1060904061.753.16.camel@daemon.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 07:34:22 +0800 cc: dan@ice.nodomain cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about MSblaster worm X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:34:29 -0000 --=-yX0RBCRmbBY+LrHdQ6TH Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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.=20 - faster internet speed:=20 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."=20 FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386=20 7:21AM up 8:12, 1 user, load averages: 0.17, 0.14, 0.09 --=-yX0RBCRmbBY+LrHdQ6TH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/PBx9DAqnLW/+/X8RAo6OAKDRx3tb+l3RSfZLty2HUDtPhDFe/wCgy5Ks fldxOyAqf11txXUlIaK0m/4= =MwhA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-yX0RBCRmbBY+LrHdQ6TH--