Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 666

[William Washington III <w.washington3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe, Joe...
 
Windows might be a cold sore, (or a parasite) but HIV is overstating it a bit!  
After all, I've never seen an iSeries crash because of Windows.
 
William
date: Tue, 4 May 2004 12:23:53 -0500
from: "Joe Pluta" 
subject: RE: Sasser connects to AS/400

> From: Adam Lang
> 
> I was trying to imply that it isn't a direct attack on the AS/400, but
> that if it is an attack on Windows file shares, then yes, it should
> affect the AS/400 via that route.

Also, let's be crystal clear on this: the Sasser virus does nothing to
the AS/400, nor does the AS/400 in any way spread or propagate the virus
(or any other virus). If there were no Windows machines in the network,
Sasser in an IFS folder would be completely benign. Of course, you
probably wouldn't need Windows shares then and you wouldn't have gotten
the thing in your IFS in the first place - only through infected PCs can
these viruses even get lodged in your IFS.

The point is that even if Sasser (or any other virus) attempts to attack
your AS/400, it still cannot do any damage - unless you have Windows
machines in your network. As I've said before: if you think of network
security as an immune system, Windows is HIV.

Joe


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William Washington III
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