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Re: [unisog] DShield and Symantec report MSBlast in wild


From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 01:53:53 -0400

Edward W. Ray wrote:

While this is illegal, and no site should be DDoSed off the web, I find the
fact that the worm slams the M$ site rather amusing :)

That is because you don't have 10,000 student computers getting
ready to come back to campus in a week that will need the Windows
Update site operational. :)

I'm cringing.

--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E.
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/runsafe

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