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Re: Problem with Brickbay?
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lugnet.market.brickshops
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Thu, 20 Sep 2001 04:29:04 GMT
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In lugnet.market.brickshops, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Amy & All,
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> > It probably was. My web log shows *thousands* of attempts by the latest worm > to infect me. Dan relies on ASP, so he's more vulnerable to these kinds of
> > attacks.
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> > I hope people start billing Microsoft for this crap. I'm microsoft-free, and
> > their shoddy software can still kill my site with the volume of traffic these
> > worms create.
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> Well, we can always jump on the Anti-Microsoft bandwagon (And they should
> have fixed this as well, don't get me wrong here), but shouldn't there be
> blame pointed at the people who write these worms as well?
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> Scott S.
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Ah, but it M$ wouldn't leave so many ways to exploit their software, then it
wouldn't be exploited. Writing a worm is generally a learning experience.
Releasing it to the public is the nasty part.
Just my $.02
-Dave
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| Dave & All, (...) Yes, I guess from my perspective, I just don't understand people who willingly do something like releasing it to the public. If writing worms helps people learn how to defend against it, that's all well and good, but to mess up (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| Amy & All, (...) Well, we can always jump on the Anti-Microsoft bandwagon (And they should have fixed this as well, don't get me wrong here), but shouldn't there be blame pointed at the people who write these worms as well? Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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