Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
I think the job title 'technology managers' should be clarified to be 'technology mis-managers' - after all, they are the ones that let companies use the software that allows such security problems in the first place. But, I guess they are powerless against those evil virus guys. Maybe MS can get Bush to add them to the list of evil doers. After all, it surely is not MS' fault... On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:29:50 -0400 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3107613.stm It never stops. Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- ++···+ · Roger Oberholtzer · E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]· · OPQ Systems AB · WWW: http://www.opq.se/ · · Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 ·Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 · · 115 34 Stockholm · Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 · · Sweden · Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 · ++···+ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
quoth Net Llama!: | On 07/29/03 19:29, Joel Hammer wrote: | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3107613.stm | | It never stops. | | that's strange, it never started for me. then again, i don't use M$ | products. ah, but that scarcely matters. for instance, there's no mshit running here, but there certainly is some running on the same branch of the cable network, because bandwidth is being sucked up like you wouldn't believe. the effect is an internet connection equivalent to about a 14.4kbps modem on a 1-meg cable connection. so it's like a yugo -- doesn't matter whether it's yours or not if it breaks down at rush hour on the street on which you're trying to get to work. -- dep Feelings of worthlessness are often brought on by worthlessness. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, dep wrote: quoth Net Llama!: | On 07/29/03 19:29, Joel Hammer wrote: | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3107613.stm | | It never stops. | | that's strange, it never started for me. then again, i don't use M$ | products. ah, but that scarcely matters. for instance, there's no mshit running here, but there certainly is some running on the same branch of the cable network, because bandwidth is being sucked up like you wouldn't believe. the effect is an internet connection equivalent to about a 14.4kbps modem on a 1-meg cable connection. so it's like a yugo -- doesn't matter whether it's yours or not if it breaks down at rush hour on the street on which you're trying to get to work. I have DSL, not cable. My bandwidth remains the same regardless of what the rest of the planet's idiots are doing. -- ~~ Lonni J Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
quoth Net Llama!: | I have DSL, not cable. My bandwidth remains the same regardless of | what the rest of the planet's idiots are doing. not true. when ie and outlook vulnerabilities are being exploited, which is to say all the time, you're being hindered along the line, even if you don't see it locally. there is x amount of bandwidth, and those exploits consume y, leaving x-y for you and everyone else. which is to say that the leak in the pipe reduces the pressure, whether you see it or not. -- dep Feelings of worthlessness are often brought on by worthlessness. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:15:16AM -0400, dep wrote: quoth Net Llama!: | I have DSL, not cable. My bandwidth remains the same regardless of | what the rest of the planet's idiots are doing. not true. when ie and outlook vulnerabilities are being exploited, which is to say all the time, you're being hindered along the line, even if you don't see it locally. there is x amount of bandwidth, and those exploits consume y, leaving x-y for you and everyone else. Not to mention things like ``Code Red'' and ``Nimda'' which were filling up hard drives with Apache's logs at the height of their activity. It got so bad that we had to turn off logging for a while. Our Linux router also rejects about 40,000 probes per day on ports with known Microsoft security problems (e.g. SQL Server, ports 137-139, etc), and general port scans. The vast majority of these probes come from cracked Windows systems that are being used without their owner's knowledge. This is a single T1 with two /24 networks. Imagine the traffic at sites with serious bandwidth and networks. Another factor is that a huge percentage of the spam that's sent today now goes through open proxy servers, mostly on Windows machines where the owner doesn't even know they have a proxy server. The simplest way for the average broadband Windows user to protect themselves from much of this abuse is to install one of the commodity cable/dsl router boxes that does NAT, and only allows outside connections to machines on the inside network on specific ports that must be configured manually. We use quite a few LinkSys VPN router/switches (Part Number BEFVP41) for this. They're cheap, and their IPSec VPN tunnelling works with Linux FreeS/WAN, FreeBSD, and OS X as well as the usual Windows IPSec software. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Breathe fire, slay dragons, and take chances. Failure is temporary, regret is eternal. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:44:28 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I have DSL, not cable. My bandwidth remains the same regardless of what the rest of the planet's idiots are doing. Not completely true. You have your bandwidth to the other end of the ATM pipe, regardless, yes, but beyond that, some idiots can fill the upstream pipe making your always-wide bandwidth a moot point. [snip] Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. Nemesis Racing Team motto GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More Outlook and IE problems coming
On 07/29/03 19:29, Joel Hammer wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3107613.stm It never stops. that's strange, it never started for me. then again, i don't use M$ products. -- ~ L. Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo:http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:25pm up 14 days, 23:08, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.06, 0.09 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
