Re: [NEWS] Hacker code could unleash Windows worm

From: Neb Revod (spammers.biteme_at_flatline.com)
Date: 07/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:50:06 -0700

In article <I58Va.526$XV7.442982423@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>,
alun@texis.com says...
> In article <MPG.198e6981fafd09f2989727@pdx.news.speakeasy.net>, Neb Revod
> <spammers.biteme@flatline.com> wrote:
> >You called it, spot on, my friend. The IDS has logged a huge spike in
> >attempts at ports 445 and 139 since early yesterday.
> >
> >I've been away from the mainstream media for the last couple of days, so
> >I won't be surprised to hear that its flooded with "the sky is falling"
> >reporting.
>
> Oh-so-balanced an observation on the hysterical basis of our current media
> choices, followed by a hysterical note of your own:
>
> >It ought to be some kind of crime, albeit a minor one perhaps, to
> >operate a system that still has these vulnerabilities.
>
> More appropriate would be to make it a crime to connect to the Internet
> without a firewall.

Fair enough, though I hardly feel like my comment qualifies as
hysterical. I firmly believe that the irresponsibility of operating an
unsercured system connected to the net borders on criminal.

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