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Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes)
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:30:47 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, ... wrote:
I can't imagine any legitimate reason for someone to send a file attachment to EVERY single nanog ml member. A URL pointer to a file would be far more appropriate.
RFC822 mail is more survivable than many other communication methods, such as telephone, web or ftp. One of the academics may be able to tell us why (or if) that is true. A few times a decade, distributing patches via e-mail has been an important method to reach system and network operators during network disruptions. RFC822 mail was used during the RTM worm attack, the BIND root change crash, and probably a few other times to get patches out when connectivity was iffy.
Current thread:
- "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Simon Lyall (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) ... (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) ben hubbard (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Steven J. Sobol (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) ben hubbard (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Scott Francis (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Hermann Wecke (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 14)
- Re: "Cisco Release Of Goner Worm Raises Eyebrows" (Newsbytes) ... (Dec 14)