Re: Microsoft's Early Xmas Present.

From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: 12/31/01 

To: mcoleman <mcoleman@uniontown.com>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:51:34 -0500

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 02:05:43 EST, mcoleman <mcoleman@uniontown.com> said:

> Then, there's always the possibility that M$ got infected, but you have
> to consider all angles. Far be it for me to defend M$, but you have to keep
> an open mind about everything these days. I don't believe anything unless
> it is proven. Completion of a 3-way handshake would be strong evidence for
> me though.

Well.. given that http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com fell victim to
Code Red (now, how scary is *THAT*? Think about it...), it's not THAT
unreasonable that a random desktop box somewhere in their corporate
swamp caught Nimda. 

-- 
				Valdis Kletnieks
				Operating Systems Analyst
				Virginia Tech

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