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

From: paul cooke <paul_cooke_at_linux_NO_SPAM_mail.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:24:38 GMT
Message-Id: <1433963.FtyOfSyyu6@cooke_one.madhouse>

T. Pascal was seen in <2611b663.0301271004.3673dd19_at_posting.google.com> in comp.os.linux.advocacy to propose the following:

> Seeing these major banks get cracked by a six-month-old bug makes you
> feel safe, yes? Of course, if you use MS SQL for mission critical
> services, you deserve to be hacked. Yes, you have to patch all OS's
> and software. But with MS, you have to reboot and that doesn't
> indicate mission critical to me.

the questions are; did they get compromised or were they just taken out by the excessive traffic and the loss of those DNS servers, or else did they pull the plugs to protect themselves.

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Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 12:24:38 CST