nanog mailing list archives
Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today
From: Roger Marquis <marquis () roble com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:37:09 -0800 (PST)
Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net> wrote:
I've been wondering lately, after about 10 years of email worms spreading in exactly the same manner with every incarnation ... why do you think people haven't learned not to open unexpected attachments yet?
Blaming it on end users is one way to look at the problem, but not a way that will result in a solution. You should be wondering, after 10+ years of virus laden MS operating systems, why they haven't fixed this stuff. Similar vulnerabilities in Unix, Mac, and other OS were fixed long ago. They're not patched in Windows because MS doesn't have to. MS doesn't write secure code because they are a monopoly and maintain that status by introducing subtle OS bugs that plague competitive third party applications. They don't publish an API for many of their system calls so nobody can write secure code other than MS themselves. They also run as much of their own software as possible in priviliged mode for performance (to avoid context switching). You'll never seen any real security from this type of business model.
(Note: I really do not want this to degenerate into another rant against vendor M;
Sorry for not sharing your disinterest in the actual reasons we continue to see these viruses and trojans infecting MS and, for all intents and purposes, only MS operating systems. -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/
Current thread:
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today, (continued)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Mike Tancsa (Jan 26)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Scott Weeks (Jan 27)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Alexei Roudnev (Jan 28)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Scott Francis (Jan 28)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today jon bennett (Jan 28)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Scott Weeks (Jan 27)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Wojtek Zlobicki (Jan 26)
- Message not available
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Timo Janhunen (Jan 26)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today David Luyer (Jan 27)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Timo Janhunen (Jan 26)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Mike Tancsa (Jan 26)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Brent_OKeeffe (Jan 28)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today David Lesher (Jan 28)
- Re: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Roger Marquis (Jan 28)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Vivien M. (Jan 28)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today jon bennett (Jan 28)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Roger Marquis (Jan 28)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Vivien M. (Jan 28)
- MS is vulnerable doug (Jan 29)
- Re: MS is vulnerable Jason Lixfeld (Jan 29)
- RE: MS is vulnerable Vivien M. (Jan 29)
- Re: MS is vulnerable Jason Lixfeld (Jan 29)
- Re: MS is vulnerable Martin Hepworth (Jan 29)
- Re: MS is vulnerable Jason Lixfeld (Jan 29)
- RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today Vivien M. (Jan 28)