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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:10:33 -0700
From:      paul <pkdb1@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Nachi Worm apparently causes "Live Lock" on 4.7 server
Message-ID:  <3F4EE049.5080906@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <000501c36de6$5213a270$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <200308282255.30730.durham@jcdurham.com> <3F4ED55C.6030605@comcast.net> <000501c36de6$5213a270$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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Matthew Emmerton wrote:

> They were doing the same thing at the IBM location where I work.  It's
> brutal if you are in the middle of something, but it's the only way to keep
> the latest breed of MS virii/worms/whatever from spreading.

agreed, but if a small subset of hosts can degrade the network -- 
the OP said three could saturate T1 -- I think it's a fair 
position to take.

-- 
Paul Beard
<http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/>;
whois -h whois.networksolutions.com ha=pb202

"Benson, you are so free of the ravages of intelligence"
		-- Time Bandits



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