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RE: Worms versus Bots


From: "William S. Duncanson" <caesar () starkreality com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 03:19:17 -0500


Until recently, I believe that Microsoft's download servers were managed by
Akamai.

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William S. Duncanson
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On 
Behalf Of Edward B. Dreger
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:23
To: Michel Py
Cc: william(at)elan.net; Rob Thomas; NANOG
Subject: RE: Worms versus Bots


MP> Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:53:50 -0700
MP> From: Michel Py


MP> > but in our ISP office I setup new win2000 servers and first
MP> > thing I do is download all the patches. I've yet to see the
MP> > server get infected in the 20-30 minutes it takes to finish
MP>
MP> It can happen in 5 or 10 minutes (I've seen it) but only if
MP> all of the following conditions are met simultaneously:

I've not confirmed, but a client told us that some MS patches are
carried by Akamai.


Eddy
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