Full Disclosure: Re: Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely Discovered!

[Nils Ketelsen <nils () druecke strg-alt-entf org>]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 11:46:22AM -0500, Billy B. Bilano wrote:

> Sorry to say but it is not! I checked my incoming traffic again this morning
> and the attack on port 443 is still coming in full steam ahead! I don't know
> what's going on, but I am about to block that port on my firewall. Some
> nitwit (probably the idiot that was here before I became IT Director)
> somehow, for some reason, deliberately opened port 443 on the firewalls!
Close them. If you do not know what you need them for it might be the best
alternative.

> I am beginning to think that this is the first wave of the new coming global
> crypto-storm!
It is not that new, as a matter of fact. It is specified and documented for
10 years. It is SSL and it is supposed to be in place on many webservers.

Could we now please stop this stupid discussion, as it is absolutely not
worth eating up more time.


Thanks,
  Nils
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