Re: A story and (request for) some advice.

2001-04-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Yes, one drawback of a "safety shield" script like the one I am talking > about is that it can encourage laziness. I'm not so much worried about that (you can only do so much) as misrepresentation. Any such script should be clearly documented with gl

Re: Mouse (non) meeting?

2001-04-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Bill Sconce wrote: > Is anyone else interested in trackballs, and/or a beer > at some convenient watering hole, on a non-MELBA Wednesday? I'm a MouseMan mouse man myself, but beer and Linux are always welcome. Spread the word, as soon as you have it. :-) (Anyone here

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Michael O'Donnell
Andrew Bacchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [the entire 30Kb verbatim HTML contents of a WWW page when he could have simply mentioned its URL... ] Please, sir - don't do that. Thank you very much. ** To unsubscribe from this list, send

Mouse (non) meeting?

2001-04-27 Thread Bill Sconce
As some of you know, I'm a rabid mouse hater. (That is, I am rabid; I hate all mice, not just any rabid ones.) Computer mice, that is. What I LIKE are trackballs. (You would think, I suppose, that I therefore use emacs. But that would be wrong...) Well, there's a long story about Kensington

RE: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Tilly, Lawrence
Tell that to the CNN crews who wanted to be on the beach when Desert Storm started. We gave a new name to the network: CNN - Classified News Network. -Larry > -Original Message- > From: Paul Lussier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:48 PM > To: Kenneth E. Luss

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Paul Lussier wrote: > > >There is a reason for this > > But if you truly want to wage war and intend to win, then you don't > give the enemy a chance to prepare. This was a well debated point during the Y2K issue. Everyone was worried that crackers were going to hit at midnight and there would b

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:26:05 EDT "Kenneth E. Lussier" said: >> I find it amusing that they have declared a "start date" for a war. > >There is a reason for this But if you truly want to wage war and intend to win, then you don't give the enemy a chance to prepare. I still fin

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:07:18 EDT "Andrew G. Bacchi" said: >Next Tuesday is May 1, the day this is all supposed to begin. I find it amusing that they have declared a "start date" for a war. >When will this all end? It uses too much of my time and resources. Here Here! -- S

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:07:18 EDT "Andrew G. Bacchi" said: >Next Tuesday is May 1, the day this is all supposed to begin. I find it amusing that they have declared a "start date" for a war. >When will this all end? It uses too much of my time and resources. Here Here! -- S

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Bah I'm not too worried about this so-called "week of hactivism". It's been so well publicized that there is plenty of prepairation already done. Not to mention, the Chinese script-kiddies that are planning it weren't thinking too well. When it was anounced that they were going to attack the U

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Andrew G. Bacchi
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: > > I've been reading a couple of different things about Carko, and I'm > still trying to figure out what it is. According to the Korean gov, it's > a worm that attacks BIND. According to incedents.org > (http://www.incidents.org/news/carko.php) it's a DDoS utility tha

Re: Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
I've been reading a couple of different things about Carko, and I'm still trying to figure out what it is. According to the Korean gov, it's a worm that attacks BIND. According to incedents.org (http://www.incidents.org/news/carko.php) it's a DDoS utility that exploits a bux in snmpXdmid. CERT is

Warning Issued Against Fast-Spreading Hacking Worm

2001-04-27 Thread Andrew Bacchi
I did not see this warning posted here, so I'm sending it along. It attacks DNS vulnerbilities. http://www.linuxsecurity.net/articles/network_security_article-2933.html -- Andrew G. Bacchi System Manager Hanover Capital Management (dba AIRS) 35 So. Main St. Hanover, NH 03755 603 643-8789 office