Re: Slammer/Sapphire Worm

From: LKeith (lkeithscv_at_hotPleaseRemovemail.com)
Date: 05/12/03 

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:43:00 +0800

Jeff Cochran wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:45:40 +0800, "Brian" <brianjd@iprimus.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I remember reading on Microsoft's website that this worm is OLD and they had
>>already released a fix a while ago. If this was true, why did it have the
>>impact that it did?
>
>
> For the same reasons young girls still get pregnant even though
> effective birth control in many forms has been available for half a
> century or more.

Nice analogy! Mind if I use that myownself?

>
> Jeff

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