Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-06 Thread Mike Andrew
On Monday 06 August 2001 03:47, Lee wrote: Does that mean the the French maybe behind the attacks on M$ as a way to push Mandrake and as revenge on the prople of America because we speak English? you speak what? -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-06 Thread Lee
Mike Andrew wrote: On Monday 06 August 2001 03:47, Lee wrote: Does that mean the the French maybe behind the attacks on M$ as a way to push Mandrake and as revenge on the prople of America because we speak English? you speak what? If we didn't most of the rest of the world would be

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-06 Thread Keith Morse
What was that corporation name again. See, I've got this worm I need to test... On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Joel Hammer wrote: Certainly Mattel was doing this. I read a story a few months ago about a guy who noticed that (while on an airplane) his laptop kept trying to get an internet

OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread Joel Hammer
I haven't bothered to refresh my facts about what I am going to say here, so, the details should be taken with a large grain of salt, but...: Some years ago, before we learned about penetration of the CIA by the Russians, there was a very paranoid guy in charge of CIA counterintelligence, funny

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread dep
On Sunday 05 August 2001 09:58 am, Joel Hammer wrote: | I haven't bothered to refresh my facts about what I am going to | say here, so, the details should be taken with a large grain of | salt, but...: Some years ago, before we learned about penetration | of the CIA by the Russians, there was a

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread Lee
dep wrote: On Sunday 05 August 2001 09:58 am, Joel Hammer wrote: | I haven't bothered to refresh my facts about what I am going to | say here, so, the details should be taken with a large grain of | salt, but...: Some years ago, before we learned about penetration | of the CIA by the

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
On Sunday 05 August 2001 11:17, you wrote: dep wrote: On Sunday 05 August 2001 09:58 am, Joel Hammer wrote: | I haven't bothered to refresh my facts about what I am going to | say here, so, the details should be taken with a large grain of | salt, but...: Some years ago, before we

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread Alan Jackson
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:58:51 -0400 Joel Hammer wrote: Although people are putting in more effective firewalls and other preventive measures, it is very likely that these worms are already in place and may have been in place for years. So, I have to conclude that it is very likely that there

Re: OT Paranoia and Worms

2001-08-05 Thread Joel Hammer
Certainly Mattel was doing this. I read a story a few months ago about a guy who noticed that (while on an airplane) his laptop kept trying to get an internet connection. It was a game his kids had loaded, trying to phone home and tell Momma about the local digs. Mattel had forgot to tell