Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today

Wed Jan 28 16:48:39 UTC 2004

Dave Temkin wrote:
<snip>
> So?  Had the virii been an application compiled for RedHat and
> everyone ran RedHat instead of Windows and they downloaded it using
> Evolution and double clicked on it, it would suddenly be RH's fault
> instead of MIcrosoft's?  Or is it sendmail's fault because it was
> listening on port 25 and allowed the worm to connect to it?  Newsflash:
> Even those using Netscape Mail, Lotus Notes, etc. on the PC were still
> potentially infected due to the nesting of the virii.
> 
> The worm was not spread through any vulnerability in the operating system,
> unlike NIMDA/SQLSlammer/etc.  This worm was propogated through pure user stupidity, and
> that'll follow any operating system that Dell/Gateway pre-installs for
> them.  If everyone wants to flame MS, at least do it in a way that doesn't
> show your own ignorance.
> 
> 
> -Dave

<OT>
to me the problem is one of a mono culture. Too much of the same stuff 
everywhere.

doesn't matter if it's MS-Windows. MacOS X or Debian GNU/Linux or bacon 
and eggs - too much of the same is bad for you..

</OT>

-- 
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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