Re: First Email of the Day (Re: OT: The Irony in It!)

From: Stan <not_at_chance.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:08:13 GMT
Message-ID: <g6sa3v0b9bn3rjff1pf98gf9an8do5luuq@4ax.com>

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:02:16 -0500, "a.s.j." <kali_at_xxxx.com> wrote:

>Stan wrote:
>>
>> Telling the head of IT "thank god we don't run SQL Server, or else we
>> would have been hit by that worm" directly implies that the head of IT
>> is enough of a lunkhead to not only fail to apply security patches,
>> but to leave ports 1433 and 1434 OPEN TO THE INTERNET. In essence,
>> it's a direct insult to the recipient of the email.
>>
>> Quite a career move, but I get the impression it won't be considered
>> out of character for you.
>
>
>hmmm...i give our IT more credit than that....we switched to linux
>didn't we?

You implied that they would not be able to take simple steps to avoid the Slammer worm, so you obviously do not give them credit - you are telling them that they are braindead.

Here's some free career advice for you:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=53K1UGIKGD&isbn=0671723650&itm=3 Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 12:08:13 CST