RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: [MLUG] New Worms Seek And Destroy Code Red

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I believe the point is, you shouldn't worry about sending a counter attack.
If you know enough to send the counter attack worm, you should know enough
not to need it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mikhail Kovalenko [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:09 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: [MLUG] New Worms Seek And Destroy
Code Red


Dev Null wrote:
> 
> For the record, any admin who cared to pay attention and keep his/her box
> maintained would not have been infected by Code Red.  MS was patching IIS
> security as early as March.  Code Red is only a fact of life because
people
> are too lazy to keep their stuff up-to-date.  MS took care of Code Red
> before it became a serious issue, and admins could easily have prevented
> things from getting out of hand by actually maintaining their equipment.
> 
> Hence, if an admin took the time to maintain his stuff, there's a good
> chance he didn't get Code Red.  Infection is only regarded as inevitable
by
> people too ignorant and/or lazy to apply the patch.
> 

Exactly what I meant.

:)
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