On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 8:29 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Check this out: > > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/01/27/1831240.shtml?tid=2 > > > - by Tina Gasperson - > "The United States Department of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov) changed > its servers over to Oracle on Linux last week, after running on Windows > 2000 for several months. Experts say that it is unlikely the change is a > reaction to "Slammer," the MS SQL server worm that rocked the Internet > last week. > > "Netcraft shows the change took place on January 24th and 25th. The site > had previously run off the U.S. Office of Personnel Management servers, > but now is listed with Energis Squared, the same group that hosts the > White House website...." > > LX
Hmmm... If I wanted to test the extent that the Internet could be brought down - extent, speed of chaos, time to recovery - I would pull my servers off M$ and then let loose the fastest worm I could find. But then I have a nasty suspicious mind :) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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