> One of the DoS events was caused by a brand-new Sony VAIO that I personally 
> unpacked out of its shipping carton and plugged into the network myself. 
> While theoretically possible (it's happened a few times before during the 
> last few decades), I doubt that the thing shipped with a worm.

Sure, but if it didn't get the right patches soon enough, it could have
received a worm while just sitting idle on the network. Is the machine
fully patched?

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