[KLUG Members] Another Wormhole in the Firewall

[Paul VandenBosch]

Lucky break.  IMHO the worst vulnerabilities are those programmed in by MS to 
allow MS access to the desktop for marketing, surveillance and manipulation.  
Planned obsolecence.

On Thursday 01 November 2001 17:05, you wrote:
> "The Worm That Wouldn't Leave"
>
> This is beginning to sound like a badly dubbed "B" movie.
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO65058,00.html
>
> This is a case study of the newest infestation (nimda.e) from a reasonably
> "upenatem" sysad. Read the whole story ... don't jump to the end. But once
> you've gotten to the end, chew on it for a while.
>
> Sometimes Windows users (rightly!) acuse Linux users of being fanatics.
> Sometimes we are tempted to hand them a mirror. How many times are they
> willing to be smacked down just to keep on using Microsoft products? When
> do they decide that the price is just too darned high? Has anyone done a
> cost / benefit analysis to determine the point at which
> 'nearly-universal-use is outweighed by 'nearly-universal-vulnerability'?
> Surely we must be nearing that point. Eh?
>
> Bill