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Happy Birthday Code Red
totallygeek writes: "One year ago today (July 19, 2001), more than 359,000 computers were infected with the Code Red worm in less than 14 hours. At the peak of infection, more than 2,000 new machines were infected each minute. Servers running Internet Information Services from Microsoft were propagating this worm across the Internet faster than anything has up to then or since. For the first time, systems running the Apache web server were getting requests for a document called "default.ida". Here we are a year later, and my web log shows an average of forty-two requests per day for default.ida over the last five days. To really appreciate the spread of this program, look at this animated image."
That animated gif is going to be /.'d before I get this posted.
I do security
> Is anyone else getting massive requests for:
No, but I frequently emit massive requests for:Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I find it horribly absurd that Americans are still whining and crying over 9/11. Every time I turn on the television, its 9/11 this and 9/11 that. Its gotten to the point that even things that are completely worthless are somehow connected to 9/11. For example, someone told me that they will only shop at the cheaper non-brandname clothing stores because of 9/11. I asked them what 9/11 had to do with it and the response was a shrug. I hate the fact that people are running around like scared sheep. Everywhere I look, more "public security" is shown but in the end I don't think this will change anything. People have let there destroyed egos of yesteryear that chanted "America the strong and invincible" have made way for the public to curtail their freedoms for the desire of security. What they do not realize is that the freedoms we are given in this country aren't just for the good times but also for the bad times. I mean, an anology can be made that a 'friend in need is a friend indeed' because what matters more is not how much freedom (or in this case friends) we have, but how much freedom (or friends) we have when times are tough. People like Ashcroft should be taken out of office and charged with allowing the destruction of civil liberties. I'm sure its even worse for our fellow Americans who may happen to look like Middle Easterners or may be Muslim since the floodgates of racism and prejudice are wide open. First it was the Japanese and I'm pretty sure Muslims and anyone resembling a Middle-Easterner will be next to go through that.
I guess your post touched a nerve. Sorry for the rant, but come September 11th this year, I hope I don't see a story on Slashdot. What our country needs to do is look to ourselves and understand what we may be doing wrong in the world for people to hate us so much. Those interested in a history lesson can come back later when I feel like typing some more.
Long live a free and just America in a happy and just World.
casual suers, blah blah, not a world full of experienced admins blah blah
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter