I have an idea. Why don't we just catch these friggin virus writers, ship
them off to a tropicl atol, and test one the new atomic bombs that one of
the third world countries is developing.
Seriously though...it's about darn time that something SERIOUS be done
about and WITH these people that are a great big pain in the arse to the
rest of the world that HAVE a real life and a descent direction for that
life.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, D. Stark - eSN wrote:
> Its amazing what turns up when you read the Mandrake SECURITY UPDATES page.
>
> 7.2 is safe from the worm, but 7.1 is vulerable. 7.1 and earlier need to
> stop by
>
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/
>
> and fix thier crap.
>
> Derek Stark
> IT / Linux Admin
> eSupportNow
> xt 8952
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Sherman
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Linux worm...?
>
>
> Since Mandrake is Redhat based, I would assume that we ARE vulnerable to
> the same attack, until and unless Mandrake publicly says otherwise.
> Hopefully Mandrake will announce something, one way or the other, soon.
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:43 AM 01/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Has anyone heard about the latest exploit by script kiddies and what
> >they're doing to RedHat machines? I was wondering if Mandrake 7.2 machines
> >are vulnerable in the same way.
> >
> >--
> >Mark
> >
> >"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> >"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> >
> > Linus Torvalds
>
> Dave Sherman
> SoftServ Business Systems, Inc.
>
> "Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
>
>
>
