> -----Original Message-----
> While I think it's of utmost important to patch systems, it's also
> kinda cool to try and work out the nitty-gritty of what's actually
> going on.
>
> The latest excitement is the "h..p://www.worm.com" text changing from
> black to red :)
>
> I'm sure people are going to have moral objections to knowingly not
> patching a box. But sometimes it can be the difference between
> blindly patching a machine without knowing what's going on, or
> patching the rest of your machines with some knowledge.
I couldn't agree more.........
Oh, as long as you monitor it there shouldn't be any problem with an
unpatched server... I left my unpatched windows 2k machine up last night and
had a lot of fun watching the attempts....
It gets to a point where you can even tell what scanning utility people use
because it always tries the same attacks in the same order..
-= Ed
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