RE: Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely Discovered!

["Jason Bethune" <jbethune () town kentville ns ca>]

This is a hoax...check out his site he is known for things like this.

Jason Bethune

 

IT Specialist

Town of Kentville

354 Main Street

Kentville, NS 

B4N 1K6

 

www.town.kentville.ns.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of James Bliss
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:46 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
Discovered!

> Whatever ssl is, I don't know but it's using the so-called "ssl" port on
> the web servers. I don't think it has anything to do with whatever ssl
> was back in the old days of UNIX. It has a lower port number and that
> means it's an older port! Probably from the 1970s!
>
> Besides, why should I see any encrypted traffic on any port other than
> SSH? I don't expect to see encryption on anything other than the SSH
> port 22 (which is a very old port).

You are kidding, right?  SSL = Secured Sockets Layer.  It probably includes 
encryption.  It would not be too _SECURE_ if it was plain text.

SSH = Secured Shell

Notice the use of _SECURED_ in both their names?

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