On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Thanks, Steve. Those ARE nice numbers - but they are cable. <G>
>
> > > Does my DSL speed suck or is this normal ? They claim up to 1.5 Mb/sec.
> >
> > "Up to" could mean you have to pay extra for a
> > commercial account. Somewhere in your literature,
> > or on their website, they should tell you what a
> > "normal" residential user should get.
>
> Sorry, I should have stated that it was a business account. :((((
Well... In that case you might want to do a traceroute.
It's not only the server, but any bottlenecks that could
be between you and the server.
For instance, when I was in Gallup, I got full modem
speed to my ISP, and to one in Albuquerque, but anything
past Albuquerque, and speed was cut in half. Hopefully
your bottleneck isn't that "hardwired" but was just a
temporary traffic jam somewhere between you and the
pic. Try again about 11 or 12 o'clock at night and
see if you get better results.
> > GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+explorer+http://www.cert.org/
> > advisories/CA-2001-23.html HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n
> >
> > Want to guess what that does? ;-)
>
> I'm guessing your checking to see if a 'fix' has been posted yet ?
> You SAID guess.
I gather that it opens a browser on the infected
machine with http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-23.html
displayed in it. I'd love to take even better advantage
of the "root-kit" installed by the worm, but I'd sure
hate to take a chance on losing this nice fast cable
account!
;-)
- Steve
