Why the fuck is the safety system running windows and connected to the internet?
It should be running on some form of UNIX and disconnected from everything.
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EDIT: It was connected to a network connected to the internet, not directly connected. Still, the incompetence.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
kojikun wrote:It wasnt MSBlaster, change the fucking title. It was Slammer, aka SQL Slammer.
Even worse, slammer fix for sql is sqlsp2 if I remember it right.
And why the hell was that critical server connected to the internet?
Somone needs to spend time in jail for crimminal neglience(sp?)
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The article said the worm got in through a T-1 line that was not protected by a firewall. This is a clear example of why you need to do a periodic assesment of what is actually on your network.
My friends company found out that some employees somehow got an analog line installed in their office and where running FTP servers completely on the internet with no protection. Of course this breaches his iron security. Said employee's dont work there anymore.
This is creepy, I'm glad I'm in a non-nuclear area.
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That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
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Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
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