If only *somewhere* in the media and news reports could they have
mentioned... "well if You were using unix/linux this wouldn't be a
problem"... does anybody actually use the .ida / .idq extentions???
Realistically we're only hearing about this 'worm' because it attacks a
.gov site. How many news reports were there about sircam??? magistra??
I saw *one* on brisbane extra...
Surely those two would have caused more damage in the *public sector*
than code red which is inherently restricted to those running IIS5
(which i would say is a lot less than the amount of people running
outlook whatever).
dallas
Ash Nallawalla wrote:
>> From: Saliya Wimalaratne
>
>
>> "Code Red ONLY affects Microsoft Windows machines running Microsoft
>> Internet Information Server."
>>
>> and
>>
>> "MOST home-users will not be running Microsoft Internet Information
>> Server, so they should not be at risk"
>
>
> It would be much safer to say that it affects Microsoft Windows NT/2000
> *Server* machines running IIS. Most home users would not be using IIS,
> which typically runs on the Server flavour of those OSs.
>
> The lengthy report Nathan Reilly posted on Oz-ISP is an excellent account
> but it too didn't place the word "Server" after "Windows NT/2000" but
> instead used the word "system".
>
> Not every little workplace that uses NT/2000 Server necessarily runs IIS and
> even so not all of them are connected to the Internet. Little workplaces
> that have web sites typically host them elsewhere. Then again, some NT
> installers just install IIS by default with no intention of replacing the
> default "home page" with custom content.
>
> - Ash
>
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