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Re: Code Red round two


From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () opaltelecom co uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:55:47 +0100 (BST)



as a non-iis user i will probably watch the graphs of infected hosts
whilst chuckling to myself

but i've already sent security bulletins to all customers when the worm
was disassembled and its potential known.. hasnt everyone??? (duh if not!)

Steve

PS Do people write vulnerabilities into servers in order to justify the
jobs of security people or are they just bad at what they do?

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Jeff Ogden wrote:


So what, if anything, are people planning to do differently as 8 pm 
EDT today and the possibility of a new round of Code Red Worm 
activity approaches? Are there things that we as network operators 
can and should be doing beyond encouraging end users to patch their 
vulnerable systems?

    -Jeff




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