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The worm opens the server running IIS and can then be controlled or crashed at will. Microsoft isn't SOLELY to blame, though, someone had to WRITE the worm. >-----Original Message----- >From: Leif Svalgaard >>From: Lou Forlini <lforlini@sspi-software.com> > >> At 9:08 AM -0500 8/7/01, Leif Svalgaard wrote: >> >interesting how everybody (the media, at least) blame Micro$oft ISS for >code >> >red, >> >when Cisco is also to blame. >> >> Microsoft is solely to blame. The fact that Cisco routers crash >> because of the worm is a bug in Cisco's code, but does not cause the >> worm to propagate. Some web servers (not IIS) also crash when they >> receive the extra long URL request, but do not propagate the worm. >> > >so now we blame Micro$oft for NOT crashing like the others. :-) +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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