On 16 Aug 2003 15:21:45 +1000, Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 08:44, Erylon Hines wrote: > > Looks like that's whats been done. Any errors trying to access will have a > > lot to do with DNS updates not showing up on our servers for 24 hours or so > > (just guessing, but I've seen it before). > > > > However, their solution is pretty half-assed, and I can see all kinds of > > holes in their thinking. The next dns worm that's aimed at them will be > > getting its address from Google or somewhere similar, and not using the > > static address like this one apparantly does. Also, I'm beginning to wonder > > if there isn't more to this worm than the spin doctors would have us > > believe, because the solution MS may be using seems kind of extreme. > > They've sacrificed the update feature for hundreds of thousands of users, > > many of whom are going to become infected in the next 24 hours. A fishy > > smell, there. > > This is a perfect example of a Microsoft fix. Avoid the REAL issue and > do something different. > > They're not fixing the initial problem, and they already know that > they're boxs can't stand the heat. They're taking the coward's way out. > > I don't think they're realising that they've just fsck'ed millions of > Windows users that don't have a clue about this bug or any of what's > been going on. > > I am just waiting to see what kind of press they're going to release to > make themselves look good again - I'm sure it will have heaps of spin in > it...
Which is why we need to get the word out as widely as possible. Allow me to demonstrate: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7498 Enough said :) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan [Yama | http://www.pclinuxonline.com/] {PGP/GnuPG: http://dhanapalan.com/yama.asc 049D38B4 : A7A9 8A02 78CB AB1B FCE4 EEC6 2DD9 249B 049D 38B4} "All us CEOs are auditioning for Jackass, the Movie: Part 2." -- Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems CEO, 2002
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