Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:44:57 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about MSblaster worm Message-ID: <20030814114457.N863@seven.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain>; from strick@covad.net on Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 11:43:12AM -0700 References: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain>
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 11:43:12AM -0700, Dan Strick wrote: > Recently I have seen a lot of newspaper articles warning about the > new "MSblaster" worm. They say that it uses a denial of service > attack mode. Once it installs itself on your system it causes the > system to crash and makes it difficult for you to get any work done. > > In what way is this different from a normal Microsoft product? > > mostly just curious - > Dan Strick > strick@covad.net Although M$ products like to crash, they stay up longer then 1 minute. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://seven.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html
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