Code Red on dial-in ppp

Sat Jul 21 17:35:17 UTC 2001

>The problem I described is that the Windows machines in question are not 
>necessarily dedicated web servers, but can be regular dial-in users. 
>Normally, such users don't run a web server over dial-up, yet they seem
>to be vulnerable if the attack occurs while they're connected. No relation 
>to the connection bandwidth was implied.

Yes, we have noticed a few dialups that are infected.  So, it has happened.

Damon

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