Post #76,875
1/25/03 7:25:50 AM
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Claims that MSSQL flaws brought Internet to knees Sat
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack.ap/index.html|Internet traffic hit by electronic attack]
Extract :-
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Saturday, January 25, 2003 Posted: 7:11 AM EST (1211 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Traffic on many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically early Saturday, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and delivery of e-mail.
Sites monitoring the health of the Internet reported significant slowdowns globally. Experts said the latest electronic attack bore remarkable similarities to "Code Red" virus during the summer of 2001 which also ground traffic to a halt on much of the Internet.
"It's not debilitating," said Howard Schmidt, President Bush's No. 2 cyber-security adviser. "Everybody seems to be getting it under control." Schmidt said the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center and private experts at the CERT Coordination Center were monitoring the attacks.
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More ..............
Doug M
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Post #76,911
1/25/03 11:34:27 AM
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link at the bottom is too funny
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/25/microsoft.security.ap/index.html|Gates pledges better software security]
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #77,126
1/26/03 10:52:52 PM
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ISPs should be forcing his software off the 'net servers.
I mean, really!
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #77,127
1/26/03 10:56:59 PM
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Re: ISPs should be forcing his software off the 'net serv
The software is not the best, but this is an administration issue AFAICS.
-drl
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Post #77,130
1/26/03 11:42:12 PM
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Exactly. 100% agree.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #77,352
1/27/03 7:25:25 PM
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MSgetting nose rubbed in it here in China
Main TV channels in HK & in Mainland are highlghting the failure - the harm it did in China & that it was due to faulty MS software with pans to MS HQ in SEttle.
There is *no* doubt about who is being blamed.
Doug Marker
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Post #77,393
1/27/03 9:32:53 PM
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I'm a mess of tears here...
...tears of laughter and happiness. This is so rich. \r\n\r\n Thanks for the scoop, Doug. \r\n --\r\n
Karsten M. Self [link|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n
[link|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n
What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n
[link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n
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Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
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Post #77,457
1/27/03 11:52:02 PM
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YAN CNN 'analysis'
[link|http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/27/worm.why/index.html| Here.] Making companies accountable
Bruce Schneider, a tech manager at Counterpane Internet Security, said that it's time to consider holding companies legally liable for the security of their software and networks.
"If you run a computer network and it sets off a virus, you are not held liable," he said. "If you were liable, it would be in your best interest to make sure that your network is secure. Same thing for software development.
"Microsoft produces software with systematic flaws in it and nothing happens. If they were liable for the actions of their software, it would be in their best interest to take responsibility ... and not just give lip service."
The one thing that Microsoft, network administrators and front-end computer users all agree on is that the Internet is here to stay And this new landscape seems to offer as many conveniences as it does risks.
"We could ground all airplanes and not have any more airplane crashes," Schneider said. "The key is whether the good uses of the Net outweigh the bad. Life is like that. You just have to take the good with the bad."
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Post #77,475
1/28/03 3:53:45 AM
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"Bruce Schneider"? At Counterpane? New to me...
I mean, I'd heard of Bruce Schneier -- the founder, owner, and CEO of Counterpane, AFAIK, not "a tech manager" (WTF does that mean?) -- but never of any Bruce Schneider...
So much for their fact-checking: If they can't even get the name -- of a celebrity, in his field! -- right, then why should I believe they got anything right?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #77,511
1/28/03 9:06:58 AM
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Because they're C-freakin-N-N, dammit!
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Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #77,518
1/28/03 9:14:29 AM
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Ashton typo or CNN fix?
Direct cut-n-paste from the current CNN link..
Bruce Schneier, a tech manager at Counterpane Internet Security, said that it's time to consider holding companies legally liable for the security of their software and networks.
Must be CNN fix, since we all know that Ashton wood never let a tpyo get bye. :)
[link|mailto:jbrabeck@attbi.com|Joe]
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Post #77,523
1/28/03 9:32:05 AM
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CNN fix. I checked, before writing the above.
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Post #77,680
1/28/03 10:42:41 PM
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You CNN sya taht again!
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