Re: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory

[Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah () nur net>]

On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:55 pm, Weezer Hutchins wrote:
> This was such a benign implementation of the serious DCOM security risk,
> that my conspiracy theory is ... Microsoft had this worm released on
> purpose in an attempt to get everyone to patch their machines before a
> really threatening version was released.

Well,
MSBlast was kludged together poorly enough. That in itself is another 
indicator supporting your theory.

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Jeremiah Cornelius, CISSP, CCNA, MCSE
Information Security Technology
email: jcorneli () hotmail com - mobile: 415.235.7689

"What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half 
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