Well this kind of worm isn't anything new, the reason it disrupted other systems that had nothing to do with MSSQL is the sheer amount of bandwidth it consumed.
cheers, -- Personal: Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: Trevor Lauder Technical Services Specialist Wireless Networks Inc. Web: http://www.wirelessnetworksinc.com E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Craig McLean said: > I found this report on the way Slammer works. It explains that Slammer > is a kind of worm which hasn't really been seen in the wild before. It > gives details on why the worm could disrupt operations on networks which > had no instances of SQL Server 2000 running. > > http://www.caida.org/analysis/security/sapphire/ > > By the way I haven't heard of the people who wrote this document before, > does anybody know if they are competent? I ask because security is a > business with no room for amateurs, and it is a business that has alot > of amateurs in it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shawn Grover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:58 PM > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) vintage os rocks big time :-) > > >> Air Traffic Control would require real time data, and possibly store >> information for historical purposes. I doubt a failure in MSSQL would > cause >> any real grief to ATC. After all, if the system failed on storing >> data, wouldn't it still need to deal with the real time data? >> >> My thoughts. >> >> Shawn
