> The intention of the people who wrote BO and the code itself makes it a
> hostile tool. And as you are obviously acting as an AT&T representative,
> I�m sure going to ask you superiors if this is company policy or just wind
> coming out of your mouth.
Gah.
<FLAME>
People like you making statements like that give real system
administrators a bad name. Did you miss your morning coffee, or are you
forced to use Windows NT all the time? What is it that makes you so
bitter and resentful after a decent and reasonable opinion is stated?
I like my car. I hate yours. Obviously mine is superior; I've
arranged for the junkyard to pick yours up at 3:00pm.
*sigh*.
</FLAME>
Back Orafice is very much like Satan. Loads of media hype on Dan and
Weitse, very little actual impact on people who'd actually recognize
impact. Sure, BO has caused a lot of grief in the IRC and ICQ crowds,
where script kiddies will scan an entire class C every night; and ISPs
that really don't care. I know - been on both sides.
Probably the best way to appease everyone would be to refer to BO as a
virus. I'm well aware that it shares none of the characteristics of a
typical virus, but in true X-Files mentality, imagine it as a virus that
spreads through a series of infectees (users), originators (script
kiddies), and tantalizing carriers (MonaNude.exe).
My figuring on this is that if we refer to BO as a virus, we JUST MIGHT
make a few paranoid users sit up in their respective chairs and think
"Hey - MAYBE I shouldn't run every silly JOKE.EXE that comes into my
email - I really don't know half of the people sending them."
Regardless.
Just my two cents. Obviously, I'm stating the opinions of my
employers, because I posted this email into a public forum without a
direct disclaimer saying otherwise.
Sheesh.
Cheers,
- Drew.
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