[Cross-posted] Blaster worm linked to severity of blackout
By DAN VERTON AUGUST 29, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The W32.Blaster worm may have contributed to the cascading effect of the Aug. 14 blackout, government and industry experts revealed this week. Full story at: http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,84510,00.html Also, transcripts of conversations between grid managers seem to point at computers made unusable due to Blaster: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=568&u=/nm/20030904/bs_nm/utilities_blackout_dc&printer=1 [URL would wrap] We used to be fine as long as computers were used for word processing and playing games. As they (computers) become more pervasive, software errors and exploits of software errors will have increasingly greater impact on our lives. Blaster didn't cause any deaths to the best of my knowledge, but how long before a worm or a virus hits a computer in a life-critical environment (say, a hospital monitor) and causes loss of human life? When are people going to stand up and say, `I've had enough. Give me software that I can audit. Give me software that works.'? -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
